Where do I get SECRET_KEY for Flask?

Question

Get the random string for secret key:

Method 1: Use os in Python 2/3:

>>> import os
>>> os.urandom(12)
'\xf0?a\x9a\\\xff\xd4;\x0c\xcbHi'

Method 2: Use uuid in Python 2/3:

>>> import uuid
>>> uuid.uuid4().hex
'3d6f45a5fc12445dbac2f59c3b6c7cb1'

Method 3: Use secrets in Python >= 3.6:

>>> import secrets
>>> secrets.token_urlsafe(16)
'Drmhze6EPcv0fN_81Bj-nA'
>>> secrets.token_hex(16)
'8f42a73054b1749f8f58848be5e6502c'

Method 4: Use os in Python 3:

>>> import os
>>> os.urandom(12).hex()
'f3cfe9ed8fae309f02079dbf'

Method 1: Use app.secret_key:

app.secret_key = 'the random string'

Method 2: Use app.config:

app.config['SECRET_KEY'] = 'the random string'

Method 3: Put it in your config file:

SECRET_KEY = 'the random string'

Then load the config form config file:

app.config.from_pyfile('config.py')  # if your config file's name is config.py