Py File & Folder Encrypt CLI App

Encrypt & decrypt file or folder

CLI app included in distribution folder (dist/py-encrypt-cli.exe)

Basic Usage

1. Help

py-encrypt-cli -h

2. Generate file "filekey.key" with key (required)

py-encrypt-cli -gk true

3. Encrypt file from ./csv-files-sample folder

py-encrypt-cli "../csv-files-sample/timezone.csv" -pt file -et encrypt

• App generate new encrypted file: ../csv-files-sample/timezone_5cocx5L9XKJ47g.csv

4. Decrypt file

py-encrypt-cli "../csv-files-sample/timezone_5cocx5L9XKJ47g.csv" -pt file -et decrypt

5. Encrypt folder ./csv-files-sample

py-encrypt-cli "../csv-files-sample" -pt folder -et encrypt

• App generate new encrypted zip file: ../csv-files-sample_MVWiuJ7UvCEYTg.zip

6. Decrypt folder (zip file)

py-encrypt-cli "../csv-files-sample_MVWiuJ7UvCEYTg.zip" -pt folder -et decrypt

Setup for Local Development

1. Creating a virtual environment

py -m venv venv

2. Activate the environment

.\venv\Scripts\activate

3. Install all of the packages using requirements.txt

pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Run cli application

py py-encrypt-cli.py -h

5. Generate file "filekey.key" with key (required)

py py-encrypt-cli.py -gk true

6. Build cli output (more refer to : https://pyinstaller.org/en/stable/usage.html)

pyinstaller py-encrypt-cli.spec

7. Export a list of all installed packages (Optional)

pip freeze > requirements.txt

8. Leaving the environment

deactivate

Reference Links

• https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/guides/installing-using-pip-and-virtual-environments/
• https://docs.python.org/3/library/index.html
• https://docs.python.org/3/library/argparse.html
• https://cryptography.io/
• https://pyinstaller.org/en/stable/usage.html
• https://pyinstaller.org/en/stable/man/pyi-makespec.html