Strings and bytes

ixia.passphrase

def passphrase(
    n: int,
    *,
    sep: str = "-",
    words_path: PathLike[str] | str = "/usr/share/dict/words",
) -> str

Generates an XKCD-style passphrase made up of n words (based on the file specified by words_path), separated by sep (- by default).

⚠️ The default word list is not available on Windows.

ixia.rand_alnum

def rand_alnum(n: int) -> str

Returns a random alphanumeric (A–Z, a–z, 0–9) string of length n.

ixia.rand_bytes

Link: Original section for random.randbytes

def rand_bytes(n: int = 32) -> bytes

Generates n random bytes. Defaults to 32.

ixia.rand_hex

Link: Original section for secrets.token_hex

def rand_hex(n: int) -> str

Returns a hex string composed of n random bytes.

ixia.rand_line

def rand_line(file: TextIOBase | PathLike[str] | str) -> str
def rand_line(file: BufferedIOBase) -> bytes

Returns a random line from a file. Given a string or a path-like object, assumes it is a path, reads it, and returns a random line from the read content. Given a readable IO object, reads it, and returns a random line from the read content. Returns a bytes object if provided an IO object in binary mode.

ixia.rand_printable

def rand_printable(n: int) -> str

Returns a random printable ASCII (range 32–126) string of length n.

ixia.rand_urlsafe

Original section for secrets.token_urlsafe

def rand_urlsafe(n: int = 32) -> str

Returns a random URL-safe text string, composed of n bytes, in Base64 encoding. Defaults to 32.