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########################## django-plainpasswordhasher ##########################
Dummy (plain text) password hashing for Django... for use in tests!
Speed up tests!
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', )
Except explicit password hashing tests
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."""
Resources
References
Original blog post <http://tech.novapost.fr/django-comment-booster-ses-tests-en-1-minute.html>
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Django 1.5 documentation about getting faster tests <https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.5/topics/testing/#speeding-up-the-tests>
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Discussion about password hashers & testing in Django issues <https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/20917>
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FAQs
Dummy (plain text) password hashing for Django.
We found that django-plainpasswordhasher demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 2 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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