Encryption and decryption of contents in an excel file using Python
I'm working on an automation project using selenium python. In this I have to automate the login page. For now, I am reading the credentials of the login from an excel file. The credentials are stored in the excel file in a human readable form. Is there any method where the credentials can be encrypted and stored in the excel. It should again be decrypted while the program reads them. Kindly help.
workbk= xlrd.open_workbook(excel_source)
sheet= workbk.sheet_by_name("Credentials")
url = ("0".format(sheet.cell(1,0).value))
username = ("0".format(sheet.cell(1,1).value))
password = ("0".format(sheet.cell(1,2).value))
python python-3.x selenium selenium-webdriver automation
asked Nov 15 '18 at 11:29
Humble_boyHumble_boy
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I'm working on an automation project using selenium python. In this I have to automate the login page. For now, I am reading the credentials of the login from an excel file. The credentials are stored in the excel file in a human readable form. Is there any method where the credentials can be encrypted and stored in the excel. It should again be decrypted while the program reads them. Kindly help.
workbk= xlrd.open_workbook(excel_source)
sheet= workbk.sheet_by_name("Credentials")
url = ("0".format(sheet.cell(1,0).value))
username = ("0".format(sheet.cell(1,1).value))
password = ("0".format(sheet.cell(1,2).value))
python python-3.x selenium selenium-webdriver automation
asked Nov 15 '18 at 11:29
Humble_boyHumble_boy
244214
If you want just to store in not readable format, you can usebase64:import base64... To encode:base64.encodestring(b'username'), to decode:base64.decodestring(b'dXNlcm5hbWU=n'). But note that in case someone else have access to Excel file , he can simply decode the data
– Andersson
Nov 15 '18 at 11:47
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I'm working on an automation project using selenium python. In this I have to automate the login page. For now, I am reading the credentials of the login from an excel file. The credentials are stored in the excel file in a human readable form. Is there any method where the credentials can be encrypted and stored in the excel. It should again be decrypted while the program reads them. Kindly help.
workbk= xlrd.open_workbook(excel_source)
sheet= workbk.sheet_by_name("Credentials")
url = ("0".format(sheet.cell(1,0).value))
username = ("0".format(sheet.cell(1,1).value))
password = ("0".format(sheet.cell(1,2).value))
python python-3.x selenium selenium-webdriver automation
asked Nov 15 '18 at 11:29
Humble_boyHumble_boy
244214
I'm working on an automation project using selenium python. In this I have to automate the login page. For now, I am reading the credentials of the login from an excel file. The credentials are stored in the excel file in a human readable form. Is there any method where the credentials can be encrypted and stored in the excel. It should again be decrypted while the program reads them. Kindly help.
workbk= xlrd.open_workbook(excel_source)
sheet= workbk.sheet_by_name("Credentials")
url = ("0".format(sheet.cell(1,0).value))
username = ("0".format(sheet.cell(1,1).value))
password = ("0".format(sheet.cell(1,2).value))
python python-3.x selenium selenium-webdriver automation
python python-3.x selenium selenium-webdriver automation
asked Nov 15 '18 at 11:29
Humble_boyHumble_boy
244214
asked Nov 15 '18 at 11:29
Humble_boyHumble_boy
244214
asked Nov 15 '18 at 11:29
Humble_boyHumble_boy
244214
asked Nov 15 '18 at 11:29
Humble_boyHumble_boy
244214
asked Nov 15 '18 at 11:29
Humble_boyHumble_boy
244214
244214
If you want just to store in not readable format, you can usebase64:import base64... To encode:base64.encodestring(b'username'), to decode:base64.decodestring(b'dXNlcm5hbWU=n'). But note that in case someone else have access to Excel file , he can simply decode the data
– Andersson
Nov 15 '18 at 11:47
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If you want just to store in not readable format, you can usebase64:import base64... To encode:base64.encodestring(b'username'), to decode:base64.decodestring(b'dXNlcm5hbWU=n'). But note that in case someone else have access to Excel file , he can simply decode the data
– Andersson
Nov 15 '18 at 11:47
If you want just to store in not readable format, you can use
base64: import base64... To encode: base64.encodestring(b'username'), to decode: base64.decodestring(b'dXNlcm5hbWU=n'). But note that in case someone else have access to Excel file , he can simply decode the data– Andersson
Nov 15 '18 at 11:47
If you want just to store in not readable format, you can use
base64: import base64... To encode: base64.encodestring(b'username'), to decode: base64.decodestring(b'dXNlcm5hbWU=n'). But note that in case someone else have access to Excel file , he can simply decode the data– Andersson
Nov 15 '18 at 11:47
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You shouldn't use encryption for storing login information. Use a hash function instead, preferably sha256 or similar, the library hashlib should have those.
Then the user registers, just store the hashed password and when they login compare the hashes.
answered Nov 15 '18 at 11:39
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You shouldn't use encryption for storing login information. Use a hash function instead, preferably sha256 or similar, the library hashlib should have those.
Then the user registers, just store the hashed password and when they login compare the hashes.
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You shouldn't use encryption for storing login information. Use a hash function instead, preferably sha256 or similar, the library hashlib should have those.
Then the user registers, just store the hashed password and when they login compare the hashes.
answered Nov 15 '18 at 11:39
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You shouldn't use encryption for storing login information. Use a hash function instead, preferably sha256 or similar, the library hashlib should have those.
Then the user registers, just store the hashed password and when they login compare the hashes.
answered Nov 15 '18 at 11:39
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You shouldn't use encryption for storing login information. Use a hash function instead, preferably sha256 or similar, the library hashlib should have those.
Then the user registers, just store the hashed password and when they login compare the hashes.
answered Nov 15 '18 at 11:39
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If you want just to store in not readable format, you can use
base64:import base64... To encode:base64.encodestring(b'username'), to decode:base64.decodestring(b'dXNlcm5hbWU=n'). But note that in case someone else have access to Excel file , he can simply decode the data– Andersson
Nov 15 '18 at 11:47