Distributing Django projects with unique SECRET_KEYs

Question

I have a Django project that I\'d like to distribute on a public repository like bitbucket or github. I\'d like it to be as easy to install as possible, so I\'m including t

Answer 1

To add to what Carles Barrobés said, you can generate a new key using the method that Django uses in startproject:

from django.utils.crypto import get_random_string

chars = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789!@#$%^&*(-_=+)'
get_random_string(50, chars)

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For Django 1.10 and above, the above code snippet is nicely wrapped up in a function.

from django.core.management.utils import get_random_secret_key
get_random_secret_key()

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