def encrypt(self, message=None): print('Encrypting:', message) from pycloud.core.security import AESEncryption aes1 = AESEncryption() print('Using key:', aes1.get_key()) ciphertext = aes1.encrypt(message, encode=True) print('ciphertext:', ciphertext) aes2 = AESEncryption(aes1.get_key()) original = aes2.decrypt(ciphertext) print('{} == {}? {}'.format(message, original, original==message))