simple python config file encrypter with sample config file and config file reader

README.md

#simple example of encryption usage with python config

• yeah, base64 isn't very secure
• you probably also wanna compile to an executable to obscure the code..

config_test.py

import ConfigParser
import base64

config = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
config.read('tab.cfg')
tab_user = config.get('tableau','user_name')
tab_pwd_crypt = config.get('tableau','password')
report_list = config.get('tableau', 'report_list').split(' ') # split on space delims

print tab_user

tab_pwd =  base64.b64decode(tab_pwd_crypt)
print tab_pwd

print report_list

encrypt_pwd.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

# -----------
# for help and params: python encrypt_pwd.py -h
# sample with defaults:  python encrypt_pwd.py -v yipee1!
# -----------

import ConfigParser
import argparse
import base64

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
parser.add_argument('-c','--file', default='tab.cfg', help ="""enter config file path, default is tab.cfg """)
parser.add_argument('-s','--section', default='tableau', help ="""enter config section, default is tableau """)
parser.add_argument('-p', '--param', default='password', help ="""enter specific param name, default is password """)
parser.add_argument('-v', '--value', help ="""enter specific param name, no default, required """)

try:
    args = parser.parse_args()

    value_encrypt = base64.b64encode(args.value)

    config = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
    config.read(args.file)
    config.set(args.section, args.param, value_encrypt)
    tab_pwd = config.write(open(args.file, 'wr'))

    print value_encrypt
    print "success!"

except:
   print "\n\nsomething wrong, did you enter the required params?"
   print """run "python encrypt_pwd.py -h" for more info"""
   exit(1)

tab.cfg

[tableau]
user_name = bala
password = eWlwZWUyIQ==
report_list = url1/coval url2/mpi