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+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
+\ No newline at end of file