Hash a password (text) using bcrypt.hashpw with a random salt

hash_text.py

import argparse
import bcrypt


def main():
    """
    simple script to get a hashed password from text
    """
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
    parser.add_argument('--text', required=True, help='input text')
    args = parser.parse_args()

    input_text = args.text.strip()
    
    # Hash a password using the OpenBSD bcrypt scheme
    print bcrypt.hashpw(input_text, bcrypt.gensalt())


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()