from_password¶

classmethod EncryptHelper.from_password(password: Union[str, bytes], salt: Union[str, bytes], **settings)[source]¶

Create an instance of EncryptHelper (or inheriting class) from a password derived Fernet key, instead of a pre-generated Fernet key.

See password_key() for more detailed usage information.

Example

>>> enc = EncryptHelper.from_password('MySecurePass', salt=b'Sup3rseCr3tsalt')
>>> d = enc.encrypt('hello')
>>> enc.decrypt(d)
'hello'

Parameters

password – A password to generate the key from, as str or bytes
salt – The salt to use when generating the key, as str or bytes If salt is a string, it can also be passed in base64 format.