I've since built a helper module:

http://github.com/hackerdojo/hd-domain/blob/master/keymaster.py

On Jan 23, 6:01 am, Barry Hunter <[email protected]> wrote:
> Do you have an example client implementation? I'm not totally sure how
> to use it.
>
> (but am looking though the source)
>
> 2010/1/22 Jeff Lindsay <[email protected]>:
>
>
>
> > For a while I've been complaining App Engine needs Admin defined
> > environment variables that can be used to store api keys, passwords,
> > and other sensitive information you wouldn't want in your source code
> > repository. For a while, I was making a keys.py file that I'd import
> > that I'd keep out of the repository. Unfortunately, in rare cases I
> > would switch machines and deploy, forgetting I didn't have keys.py and
> > the app would break. So it's a pretty fragile solution.
>
> > I had an idea to keep my keys in a hardcoded Scriptlet
> > (scriptlets.org), but it wouldn't be very secure. So I expanded on the
> > idea and built an app just for this purpose:
>
> >http://thekeymaster.org
>
> > Maybe some of you will find it useful. You'd first have to trust its
> > encryption, which is done with the PyCrypt library. The source is also
> > open so what's going on is all transparent.
>
> > No doubt many of you will be afraid to use it. That's fine. I'm not.
> > But I figure some of you might find it useful.
>
> > Cheers!
> > Jeff Lindsay
>
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