Hashing (hiding) strings in Python

Question

What I need is to hash a string. It doesn\'t have to be secure because it\'s just going to be a hidden phrase in the text file (it just doesn\'t have to be recognizable for

Answer 1

You can simply use the base64 module to achieve your goal:

>>> import base64
>>> a = 'helloworld'
>>> encoded_str = base64.encodestring(a)
>>> encoded_str
'aGVsbG93b3JsZA=='
>>> base64.decodestring(encoded_str)
'helloworld'
>>>

of course you can also use the the hashlib module, it's more secure , because the hashed string cannot(or very very hard) be decoded latter, but for your question base64 is enough -- "It doesn't really have to be secure"