Random strings in Python 2.6 (Is this OK?)

Question

I\'ve been trying to find a more pythonic way of generating random string in python that can scale as well. Typically, I see something similar to

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Answer 1

import os
random_string = os.urandom(string_length)

and if you need url safe string :

import os
random_string = os.urandom(string_length).hex() 

(note random_string length is greatest than string_length in that case)