Basic Encryption and Decryption in Python

pip install pycrypto


# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
'''
Created on Mon Mar 12 16:33:10 2018

@author: lnanda

Script to generate a random text which can be passed to properties file as a basic security mech
NS02HJxCa2rH5sbJEVw7UVZcOIv89eHFM7hIFgYDTD8=

NOTE: Key must be 16 digits long

Sample call:
C:\\Users\\lnanda\\Desktop\\Lokesh\\inmoment\\inmoment_main\\inmoment_codebase>python encrypt_me.py 1102 8050614890805061

'''

from Crypto.Cipher import AES
import base64
import sys

def encrypt_me(secret_msg, key):
    msg_text = secret_msg.rjust(48)
    secret_key = key
    cipher = AES.new(secret_key,AES.MODE_ECB)
    encoded = base64.b64encode(cipher.encrypt(msg_text))
    return encoded.strip().decode("utf-8")

if __name__ == '__main__':
    secret_msg = sys.argv[1]
    key = sys.argv[2]
    encoded_value = encrypt_me(secret_msg, key)
    print('Please find the encoded value below:')
    print(encoded_value)


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# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
Created on Mon Mar 12 16:33:10 2018

@author: lnanda

Script to generate a random text which can be passed to properties file as a basic security mech

NOTE: Key must be 16 digits long
"""

from Crypto.Cipher import AES
import base64
import sys

def decrypt_me(encoded_msg, key):
    secret_key = key
    cipher = AES.new(secret_key,AES.MODE_ECB)
    decoded = cipher.decrypt(base64.b64decode(encoded_msg))
    return decoded.strip().decode("utf-8")

if __name__ == '__main__':
    encoded_msg = sys.argv[1]
    key = sys.argv[2]
    decoded_value = decrypt_me(encoded_msg, key)
    print(decoded_value)