Obfuskey
Taking lessons learned from supporting BaseHash over the years, it was
obvious that it could be optimized, thus Obfuskey was born. BaseHash had some
misconceptions, mainly that consumers thought it was a crypto library due to the word
"hash". Since a hashes are generally irreversible, this new project was born to clearly
convey what it is used for.
Obfuskey was a way to both modernize and simplify BaseHash, while keeping
the same functionality. Obfuskey generates obfuscated keys out of integer values that
have a uniform length using a specified alphabet. It was built solely for Python 3.6 and
up. There are no guarantees that it will work for lower versions. If you need this for
a lower version, please use BaseHash.
When generating keys, the combination of key length and alphabet used will determine the
maximum value it can obfuscate, len(alphabet) ** key_length - 1
.
Usage
To use Obfuskey, you can use one of the available alphabets, or provide your own. You
can also provide your own multiplier, or leave it blank to use the built-in prime
generator.
from obfuskey import Obfuskey, alphabets
obfuscator = Obfuskey(alphabets.BASE36, key_length=8)
key = obfuscator.get_key(1234567890)
value = obfuscator.get_value('FWQ8H52I')
To provide a custom multiplier, or if you to provide the prime generated from a
previous instance, you can pass it in with multiplier=
. This value has to be an odd
integer.
from obfuskey import Obfuskey, alphabets
obfuscator = Obfuskey(alphabets.BASE62)
key = obfuscator.get_key(12345)
obfuscator = Obfuskey(alphabets.BASE62, multiplier=46485)
key = obfuscator.get_key(12345)
If you wish to generate a prime not within the golden prime set, you can overwrite the
multiplier with set_prime_multiplier
.
from obfuskey import Obfuskey, alphabets
obfuscator = Obfuskey(alphabets.BASE62, key_length=2)
key = obfuscator.get_key(123)
obfuscator.set_prime_multiplier(1.75)
key = obfuscator.get_key(123)
There are predefined alphabets that you can use, but Obfuskey allows you to
specify a custom one during instantiation.
from obfuskey import Obfuskey
obfuscator = Obfuskey('012345abcdef')
key = obfuscator.get_key(123)
If you need to obfuscate integers that are larger than 512-bit, you will need to also
have gmp2 installed.
$ pip install gmpy2
OR
poetry install -E gmpy2