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API Reference

The reference section contains documentation of Passlib’s public API. These chapters are focused on providing detailed reference of the individual functions and classes; they will generally be cross-linked to any related walkthrough documentation (which tries to provide a higher-level synthetic view).

Note

Primary modules:

The primary modules that will be of interest are:

• passlib.hash
• passlib.context
• passlib.totp
• passlib.exc

Caution

Internal modules:

The following modules are mainly used internally, may change structure between releases, and are documented mainly for completeness:

• passlib.crypto
• passlib.registry
• passlib.utils

Alphabetical module list:

• passlib.apache - Apache Password Files
• passlib.apps - Helpers for various applications
• passlib.context - CryptContext Hash Manager
• passlib.crypto - Cryptographic Helper Functions
• passlib.exc - Exceptions and warnings
• passlib.ext.django - Django Password Hashing Plugin
• passlib.hash - Password Hashing Schemes
• passlib.hosts - OS Password Handling
• passlib.ifc – Password Hash Interface
• passlib.pwd – Password generation helpers
• passlib.registry - Password Handler Registry
• passlib.totp – TOTP / Two Factor Authentication
• passlib.utils - Helper Functions