zulip/zerver/lib/initial_password.py

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from __future__ import absolute_import
from django.conf import settings
import hashlib
import base64
from typing import Optional, Text
def initial_password(email):
# type: (Text) -> Optional[Text]
"""Given an email address, returns the initial password for that account, as
created by populate_db."""
if settings.INITIAL_PASSWORD_SALT is not None:
encoded_key = (settings.INITIAL_PASSWORD_SALT + email).encode("utf-8")
digest = hashlib.sha256(encoded_key).digest()
return base64.b64encode(digest)[:16].decode('utf-8')
else:
# None as a password for a user tells Django to set an unusable password
return None