pythonsalt-cryptographybase62

Creating a salt in python

How would I create a random, 16-character base-62 salt in python? I need it for a protocol and I'm not sure where to start. Thanks.

Solution 
  • >>> import random
>>> ALPHABET = "0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
>>> chars=[]
>>> for i in range(16):
    chars.append(random.choice(ALPHABET))

>>> "".join(chars)
'wE9mg9pu2KSmp5lh'

    This should work.