Python: Encrypt based on string

It all depends on how secure you want it to be. You could simply do something like

Convert String1 to Integer1
Convert String2 to Integer2
Multiply Integer1*Integer2 = Integer3
Convert Integer3 to String3

String3 is your encrypted string and you reverse the process to get your original string back.

 

As mentioned in http://docs.python.org/library/crypto.html, perhaps try https://www.dlitz.net/software/pycrypto/.

 

If this is just for fun, try to encrypt it based on xor with the advantage that the key can be used to get back to the original message. Google for a python version, here is one in C.

Code:

char *encrypt(char *theString, char *theKey) {

    size_t stringLength = strlen(theString);
    size_t keyLength = strlen(theKey);

    for(size_t i = 0; i < stringLength; i++) {
        theString[i] = theString[i] ^ theKey[ i % keyLength ];
    }

    return theString;
}

If the key is the same length as the message, you have a one time pad btw. But still, for anything serious, use an appropriate library.