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Tools for encryption and decryption, signing and verification. Use symmetric and asymmetric (RSA-based) encryption.
Tools for encryption and decryption, signing and verification. Use symmetric and asymmetric (RSA-based) encryption.
pip install encryptiontools
from encryptiontools.encryption import AsymmetricEncrypter, AsymmetricDecrypter
from encryptiontools.utils import generate_key_pair
public_key, private_key = generate_key_pair(512)
data = {'message': 'hello asymmetric encryption'}
encrypter = AsymmetricEncrypter.create(public_key.save_pkcs1()) # or AsymmetricEncrypter(public_key)
decrypter = AsymmetricDecrypter.create(private_key.save_pkcs1()) # or AsymmetricDecrypter(private_key)
encrypted = encrypter.encrypt(data)
decrypted = decrypter.decrypt(encrypted)
assert decrypted['message'] == 'hello asymmetric encryption'
from encryptiontools.encryption import SymmetricEncrypter
key = b'0123456789abcdef'
data = {'message': 'hello symmetric encryption'}
encrypter = SymmetricEncrypter.create(key) # or SymmetricEncrypter(key)
encrypted = encrypter.encrypt(data)
decrypted = encrypter.decrypt(encrypted)
assert decrypted['message'] == 'hello symmetric encryption'
Asymmetric key pair is used to encrypt/decrypt internal (symmetric) key, internal key is used to decrypt data.
from encryptiontools.encryption import CombinedEncrypter, CombinedDecrypter
from encryptiontools.utils import generate_key_pair
public_key, private_key = generate_key_pair(512)
data = {'message': 'hello combined encryption'}
encrypter = CombinedEncrypter.create(public_key.save_pkcs1()) # or CombinedEncrypter(public_key)
decrypter = CombinedDecrypter.create(private_key.save_pkcs1()) # or CombinedDecrypter(private_key)
encrypted = encrypter.encrypt(data)
decrypted = decrypter.decrypt(encrypted)
assert decrypted['message'] == 'hello combined encryption'
from encryptiontools.signature import Signer, Verifier
from encryptiontools.utils import generate_key_pair
from encryptiontools.exceptions import VerificationError
public_key, private_key = generate_key_pair(512)
data = {'message': 'hello signing and verification'}
signer = Signer.create(private_key.save_pkcs1()) # or Signer(private_key)
verifier = Verifier.create(public_key.save_pkcs1()) # or Verifier(public_key)
signature = signer.sign(data)
try:
verifier.verify(data, signature)
assert True
except VerificationError:
assert False
FAQs
Tools for encryption and decryption, signing and verification. Use symmetric and asymmetric (RSA-based) encryption.
We found that encryptiontools demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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