django-plainpasswordhasher

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Dummy (plain text) password hashing for Django... for use in tests!

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Speed up tests!

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Cryptography is greedy. When you run tests, you usually do not care about password security, but you care about performances. Using dummy password hashing speeds up tests!

Install django-plainpasswordhasher with your favorite installer. Here is an example using pip:

.. code:: sh

pip install django-plainpasswordhasher

Then configure your test settings:

.. code:: python

PASSWORD_HASHERS = ('django_plainpasswordhasher.PlainPasswordHasher', )

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Except explicit password hashing tests

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In most cases, using a dummy password hasher will do the job. But you may write some tests that require real password hashing. In such a case, let's override settings!

.. code:: python

from django.conf import global_settings # Django default settings... # You may use your project's # default settings instead. from django.test import TestCase from django.test.utils import override_settings

@override_settings(PASSWORD_HASHERS=global_settings.PASSWORD_HASHERS) class CryptographyTestCase(TestCase): """Tests that require real cryptography."""

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Resources

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• PyPI page: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/django-plainpasswordhasher
• Code repository: https://github.com/novapost/django-plainpasswordhasher
• Bugtracker: https://github.com/novapost/django-plainpasswordhasher/issues
• Continuous integration: https://travis-ci.org/novapost/django-plainpasswordhasher

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References

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• Original blog post <http://tech.novapost.fr/django-comment-booster-ses-tests-en-1-minute.html>_

• Django 1.5 documentation about getting faster tests <https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.5/topics/testing/#speeding-up-the-tests>_

• Discussion about password hashers & testing in Django issues <https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/20917>_