Generate Random String in Python
August 11, 2010
Here's a simple way to generate a random string in Python. I was using this to add an "unguessable" suffix onto a jpg filename so that it was not possible to guess the filename from the browser.
lRandomSuffix = ''.join(random.choice(string.letters + string.digits) for i in xrange(8))
This creates a random string, made up of letters (upper and lowercase) and numbers, that is 8 characters long.
