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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2018 New Vector Ltd
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+"""
+Injectable secrets module for Synapse.
+
+See https://docs.python.org/3/library/secrets.html#module-secrets for the API
+used in Python 3.6, and the API emulated in Python 2.7.
+"""
+
+import six
+
+if six.PY3:
+    import secrets
+
+    def Secrets():
+        return secrets
+
+
+else:
+
+    import os
+    import binascii
+
+    class Secrets(object):
+        def token_bytes(self, nbytes=32):
+            return os.urandom(nbytes)
+
+        def token_hex(self, nbytes=32):
+            return binascii.hexlify(self.token_bytes(nbytes))