sierra-utils-rand

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Use this to add more random functions to your code without having to code it over and over again (like generating random strings)

Install

Just pip install sierra-utils-rand (or python setup.py install)

Available functions:

sierra.utils.rand.get_random_string():

This functions is useful to generate tokens and initial passwords.

Usage:

>>> from sierra.utils.rand import get_random_string
>>> get_random_string(20)
'I^NPBYp]8U2#k+U,W/O~'
>>> get_random_string(10, stringset='huae')
'aheuhahauh'
>>> get_random_string(15, only_letters=True)
'DMbncnvPONHgfIA'
>>> get_random_string(15, letters_and_numbers=True)
'6bS8KmBtE1Rs5Eg'

Params:

• length - Length of return random string
• stringset - String or iterable of options to generate the random string
• only_letters - Returns a random string with only letters (case-sensitive)
• letters_and_numbers - Same as only_letters but with numbers [0-9]
• ignoreset - Determines that some characters should be removed from stringset before generating the random string

Related

You can also use sierra.utils.rand.stringsets to use some predefined stringsets, options are:

• stringsets.DEFAULT - Default stringset when not setting one, includes letters, numbers and punctuations
• stringsets.HOMOGLYPH_SAFE - Returns a Homoglyph safe string. The actual string is: abcdefghjkmnpqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZ23456789
• stringsets.ONLY_LETTERS - Returns only letters from a-z, upper case and lower case
• stringsets.LETTERS_AND_NUMBERS - Same as ONLY_LETTERS but with numbers