import random import string def generate_random_str (randomlength = 16 ): "" " Generate a random string of specified length, where string.digits = 0123456789 string.ascii_letters = abcdefghigklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ " "" str_list = [random.choice (stringdigits .ascii_letters) for i in range (randomlength)] random_str = '' .join (str_list) return random_str