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Generate a random hex string/key in Python 3
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| def generate_hex_string(length: int): | |
| """ Generate a randomized hex string. | |
| Parameters | |
| ---------- | |
| length : int | |
| Desired character length of the returned token. | |
| Returns | |
| ------- | |
| str | |
| Randomly generated token with length of `length`. | |
| """ | |
| return "%030x" % random.randrange(16 ** length) |
Thanks for catching that 😄
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It generates hex, not b64.