sprig-aes

Library and CLI to encrypt and decrypt text using AES CBC mode.

Note that the implementation is ported from:

1. http://masterminds.github.io/sprig/crypto.html#encryptaes
2. http://masterminds.github.io/sprig/crypto.html#decryptaes

Installation

Typical installation using pip:

pip install sprig-aes

This will install the sprig_aes library and sprig-aes CLI.

Note that as per version 0.6.0, users may install self-contained Python zipapps (CLI-only) using the following command:

pip install shiv
make zipapp
mv sprig-aes.pyz ~/.local/bin/sprig-aes

Using The Library

from sprig_aes import sprig_encrypt_aes
from sprig_aes import sprig_decrypt_aes

key = "6Jsv61H7fbkeIkRvUpnZ98fu"
enc_text = sprig_encrypt_aes("a secret message", key)
dec_text = sprig_decrypt_aes(enc_text, key)

Using The CLI

Encrypt/decrypt simple string:

enc_text=$(sprig-aes encrypt 'a secret message' --key 6Jsv61H7fbkeIkRvUpnZ98fu)
sprig-aes decrypt "$enc_text" --key 6Jsv61H7fbkeIkRvUpnZ98fu

Encrypt/decrypt contents of a file:

sprig-aes encrypt-file /path/to/file --key 6Jsv61H7fbkeIkRvUpnZ98fu > /path/to/encrypted-file
sprig-aes decrypt-file /path/to/encrypted-file --key 6Jsv61H7fbkeIkRvUpnZ98fu