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| author | zsloan | 2020-03-03 15:16:31 -0600 |
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| committer | zsloan | 2020-03-03 15:16:31 -0600 |
| commit | 8839637fbcb1b083e19367801ca7646962944d30 (patch) | |
| tree | 988f3ec752afd3249b25faf5a798ddda51557354 /wqflask/utility/hmac.py | |
| parent | f9849394e3a252b5a1ac59c78a06728d20ca69ed (diff) | |
| download | genenetwork2-8839637fbcb1b083e19367801ca7646962944d30.tar.gz | |
was missing a couple files in last commit
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diff --git a/wqflask/utility/hmac.py b/wqflask/utility/hmac.py new file mode 100644 index 00000000..47001e54 --- /dev/null +++ b/wqflask/utility/hmac.py @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +from __future__ import print_function, division, absolute_import
+
+import hmac
+
+from wqflask import app
+
+def hmac_creation(stringy):
+ """Helper function to create the actual hmac"""
+
+ secret = app.config['SECRET_HMAC_CODE']
+
+ hmaced = hmac.new(secret, stringy, hashlib.sha1)
+ hm = hmaced.hexdigest()
+ # ZS: Leaving the below comment here to ask Pjotr about
+ # "Conventional wisdom is that you don't lose much in terms of security if you throw away up to half of the output."
+ # http://www.w3.org/QA/2009/07/hmac_truncation_in_xml_signatu.html
+ hm = hm[:20]
+ return hm
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