Bcrypt Password Hashing Function

This function uses the bcrypt library to generate a hash of a password. It first generates a salt, then hashes the password with the generated salt, and returns the hashed password.

Technology Stack : bcrypt, os

Code Type : Function

Code Difficulty : Intermediate

                
                    
import bcrypt
import os

def hash_password(password):
    # Generate a salt
    salt = bcrypt.gensalt()
    
    # Hash the password with the generated salt
    hashed = bcrypt.hashpw(password.encode('utf-8'), salt)
    
    return hashed

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