devnullaas 1.0.0

Discard data through devnull-as-a-service.com and other DAAS

py-devnullaas

is a python library to discard data through https://devnull-as-a-service.com and other DAAS endpoints.

Installation

pip install devnullaas

Usage

py-devnullaas provides NullStream, a file-like object to which you can write strings or bytes...es. Whatever the plural of bytes is.

from devnullaas import NullStream

devnull = NullStream()

password = 'hunter2'

devnull.write(password)
del password  # once it has been discarded remotely,
              # we can discard our local copy

Endpoint configuration

By default, NullStream uses https://devnull-as-a-service.com/dev/null, but you can specify any DAAS-compliant endpoint in the constructor:

devnull = NullStream(endpoint="http://devnull.local/dev/null")
devnull.write('foobar')

⚠️ Warning: Discarding data with an untrusted endpoint may result in compromised data. Usage with untrusted endpoints is not recommended.

Offline usage

NullStream can also be used offline by passing None as the endpoint. While much faster, this does not ensure safe discarding of data and should only be used in environments where no DAAS can be reached.

devnull = NullStream(endpoint=None)
devnull.write('foobar')
# has it truly been discarded? 🤷 I dunno

Disclaimer

While fully functional, this is a joke, and should not be taken seriously. Please do not use this. Please especially do not use this in production. I mean, if something like this somehow makes its way into production you have some bigger problems to fix, but still.