aes-encryption-sample.scala

import java.security.MessageDigest
import java.util
import javax.crypto.Cipher
import javax.crypto.spec.SecretKeySpec
import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64

/**
 * Sample:
 * {{{
 *   scala> val key = "My very own, very private key here!"
 *
 *   scala> Encryption.encrypt(key, "pula, pizda, coaiele!")
 *   res0: String = 9R2vVgkqEioSHyhvx5P05wpTiyha1MCI97gcq52GCn4=
 *
 *   scala> Encryption.decrypt(key", res0)
 *   res1: String = pula, pizda, coaiele!
 * }}}
 */
object Encryption {
  def encrypt(key: String, value: String): String = {
    val cipher: Cipher = Cipher.getInstance("AES/ECB/PKCS5Padding")
    cipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, keyToSpec(key))
    Base64.encodeBase64String(cipher.doFinal(value.getBytes("UTF-8")))
  }

  def decrypt(key: String, encryptedValue: String): String = {
    val cipher: Cipher = Cipher.getInstance("AES/ECB/PKCS5PADDING")
    cipher.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, keyToSpec(key))
    new String(cipher.doFinal(Base64.decodeBase64(encryptedValue)))
  }

  def keyToSpec(key: String): SecretKeySpec = {
    var keyBytes: Array[Byte] = (SALT + key).getBytes("UTF-8")
    val sha: MessageDigest = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-1")
    keyBytes = sha.digest(keyBytes)
    keyBytes = util.Arrays.copyOf(keyBytes, 16)
    new SecretKeySpec(keyBytes, "AES")
  }

  private val SALT: String =
    "jMhKlOuJnM34G6NHkqo9V010GhLAqOpF0BePojHgh1HgNg8^72k"
}

Do you have the implementation in python?

@alexandru is there a license you release this under?