staletea/utils/secret.go

// staletea
// Copyright (C) 2019 Jonas Franz
//
// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
// (at your option) any later version.
//
// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
// GNU General Public License for more details.

// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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package utils

import (
	"crypto/rand"
	"encoding/base64"
)

// NewSecret will generate a random string of the given length
func NewSecret(length int) (string, error) {
	secret := make([]byte, length)
	if _, err := rand.Read(secret); err != nil {
		return "", err
	}
	return base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(secret), nil
}