Generate password in python

Question

I\'dl like to generate some alphanumeric passwords in python. Some possible ways are:

import string
from random import sample, choice
chars = string.letters          


        

Answer 1

I suggest the following for those stuck on python <3.6:

import os, math, string, struct

def generate_password(pass_len):
    symbols = string.printable.strip()
    return ''.join([symbols[x * len(symbols) / 256] for x in struct.unpack('%dB' % (pass_len,), os.urandom(pass_len))])

This has the advantage over Ben Mosher's solution that the each symbol from symbols has an equal change of occurring whereas using modulus slightly favors the first symbols in the alpabet. The alphabet of symbols is also larger in this suggestion.