Awesome thanks, that did the trick. Thanks for the help
On Aug 7, 9:26 am, "Nick Johnson (Google)" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Baba, > > It looks like you're trying to pass binary data through a URL by > copying and pasting it. The escape sequences that Python strings use > (\xxx) are not the same as the escape sequences used in URLs (%xx), so > the result is that your browser is escaping your > already-python-escaped string. What you get in 'val' is not the 16 > character binary string, but the 43 character escaped representation > of the string. > > Your best bet is to use an encoding such as base64 for any data you > pass in via forms (eg, query string parameters), and decode it in your > app before using it. > > -Nick Johnson > > > > On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 12:07 AM, Baba Ganoush<[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > please pardon my ignorance (I am new to Python and App Engine). I am > > encountering an issue with a query string parameter I am trying to > > decrypt. > > > The following code > > val = self.request.get('ciph') > >>>> t\x88h{\xbe\xc2\x86\...@\xf5\xf8\xaek"\xbf@ > > len(val) > >>>> 43 > > obj = AES.new(conf['secretKey'], AES.MODE_ECB) > > return obj.decrypt(val) > >>>> ValueError: Input strings must be a multiple of 16 in length > > > When I run this same code in an interactive shell the length returned > > is 16. > > Can someone please poor some fool a bone on this one? > > > Thanks in advance > > -- > Nick Johnson, Developer Programs Engineer, App Engine --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
