import random import string import io from signedjson.key import generate_signing_key, write_signing_keys def random_string(length): return ''.join(random.choice(string.ascii_letters) for _ in range(length)) key_id = "a_" + random_string(4) with io.StringIO() as f: write_signing_keys(f, (generate_signing_key(key_id),),) f.seek(0) print(f.read())