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-import hmac
-import hashlib
-
-from flask import url_for
-
-from wqflask import app
-
-
-def hmac_creation(stringy):
-    """Helper function to create the actual hmac"""
-
-    secret = app.config['SECRET_HMAC_CODE']
-    hmaced = hmac.new(bytearray(secret, "latin-1"),
-                      bytearray(stringy, "utf-8"),
-                      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
-
-
-def data_hmac(stringy):
-    """Takes arbitrary data string and appends :hmac so we know data hasn't been tampered with"""
-    return stringy + ":" + hmac_creation(stringy)
-
-
-def url_for_hmac(endpoint, **values):
-    """Like url_for but adds an hmac at the end to insure the url hasn't been tampered with"""
-
-    url = url_for(endpoint, **values)
-
-    hm = hmac_creation(url)
-    if '?' in url:
-        combiner = "&"
-    else:
-        combiner = "?"
-    return url + combiner + "hm=" + hm
-
-
-app.jinja_env.globals.update(url_for_hmac=url_for_hmac,
-                             data_hmac=data_hmac)