python_cryptography_symmetric_string_encryption_key_based.md

title	Python Symmetric String Encryption with key generation using Cryptography
keywords	sample
summary	Symmetric string encryption in Python with key generation
permalink	python_cryptography_symmetric_string_encryption_key_based.html
folder	Python Cryptography
references	url description https://cryptography.io/en/latest/hazmat/primitives/aead/#cryptography.hazmat.primitives.ciphers.aead.AESGCM Cryptography AEAD Documentation - AESGCM
authors	name url Manuel Kloppenburg https://github.com/mklopp
current_reviews
last_updated	2018-09-13
tags	Python AES GCM Salt AEAD

Use cases

• Random key generation
• Key based encryption of a string

Installation

Install cryptography with pip: pip install cryptorgraphy

Supported Python versions

• Python 2.7
• Python 3.6
• Python 3.7

Example Code for Python based symmetric encryption using AES-GCM and generation of keys

{% include_relative src/cryptoexamples/example_symmetric_string_encryption_password_based.py %}

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