Password Hash Generation with bcrypt

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Code introduction


This function uses the CryptContext and hash_password methods from the Passlib library to generate a bcrypt hash of a password.


Technology Stack : Passlib

Code Type : Password hash generation function

Code Difficulty : Intermediate


                
                    
import random
from passlib.context import CryptContext
from passlib.pwd import hash_password

def generate_password_hash(password):
    # Create a password hashing context with the 'bcrypt' algorithm
    context = CryptContext(schemes=["bcrypt"], deprecated="auto")
    
    # Generate a password hash
    password_hash = context.hash(password)
    
    return password_hash

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