def __init__(self, created_by='web', valid_until=None):
""" Create a new activation, valid_until is a datetime,
defaults to 3 days from current day
"""
self.code = generate_random_string(12)
self.created_by = created_by
if valid_until:
self.valid_until = valid_until
else:
self.valid_until = datetime.utcnow() + timedelta(days=3)
def generate_random_password(cls, chars=12):
""" generates random string of fixed length"""
return generate_random_string(chars)
def hash_password(self, password):
if not self.salt:
self.salt = generate_random_string(24)
return unicode(crypt.encode(password + self.salt))
