Helper to the SoftLayer API - Helps protectig the API Key

CC_SoftLayer.py

import getpass
from cryptography.fernet import Fernet
import sys


def get_credentials():
    # SoftLayer Username/   Api Key encrypted
    encrypted_credentials = b''

    secret_key = getpass.getpass("Please enter your secret key: ")

    try:
        cipher_suite = Fernet(secret_key)
        # Decryption
        plain_text = cipher_suite.decrypt(encrypted_credentials)
    except Exception as e:
        print("Invalid secret key!!!")
        print(str(e))
        sys.exit(190)
    (username, api_key) = plain_text.decode('ascii').split(":")
    return username, api_key