Python note: Generating a random base64 string

Author: cmpitg

Python.adoc

@@ -170,6 +170,17 @@ from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib
 print(get_python_lib())
 ----
 
+=== Generating a random base64 string
+
+```python
+import os
+import base64
+
+
+string_length = 32
+random_string = base64.urlsafe_b64encode(os.urandom(string_length))
+```
+
 === Generating SSH key pairs on file system
 
 Requirement: Pycrypto.