Updated with comments and config file

app.py

@@ -6,37 +6,66 @@ import random
 from captcha.image import ImageCaptcha
 from waitress import serve
 import base64
+import configparser
+import configparser
+
+# Load from config.ini
+
+config = configparser.ConfigParser()
+config.read("config.ini")
+secretkey = config.get("HectaMail", "secretkey")
+captchachars = config.get("HectaMail", "captchachars")
+
+# Status report
+
+print("HectaMail is starting up...")
+print("Your secret key is:", secretkey)
+print("Your CAPTCHA allowed characters are:", captchachars)
+
+# Define the allowed pattern for the username
 
 allowed_pattern = r'^[a-zA-Z0-9.]+$'
 
+# Function to generate the CAPTCHA Code
+
 def generate_captcha_text():
-    characters = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'
-    captcha_text = ''.join(random.choice(characters) for i in range(6))
+#    characters = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'
+    captcha_text = ''.join(random.choice(captchachars) for i in range(6))
     return captcha_text
 
+# Function to determine if the username is compilent with the regex filter
+
 def is_valid_input(input_string):
     return re.match(allowed_pattern, input_string) is not None
 
+# Initalise Flask
+
 app = Flask(__name__)
-app.secret_key = "secret_key_here"
+app.secret_key = secretkey
+
+# Function to create the email account, in this case using doas for security
 
 def create_email_account(username, password):
     if password and is_valid_input(username):
         try:
 
+            # Create a temporary file to escape the password
+
             with open("tmp/password.tmp", "w") as file:
                 file.write(password)
 
-            # Use echo to securely pass the password to the command
+            # Pass the file through a shell command
             cmd = ["cat", "tmp/password.tmp", "|", "doas", "-u", "maddy", "maddy", "creds", "create", f"{username}@hectabit.org"]
+
+            # Run and determine the result of the shell command
             result = subprocess.run(" ".join(cmd), shell=True, check=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
 
-            cmd2 = ["doas", "-u", "maddy", "maddy", "imap-acct", "create", f"{username}@hectabit.org"]
-            result2 = subprocess.run(" ".join(cmd2), shell=True, check=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
-
+            # Delete the temporary file
             os.remove("tmp/password.tmp")
 
-            if result.returncode == 0 and result2.returncode == 0:
+
+            # Check if command executed correctly
+            if result.returncode == 0:
                 # Command executed successfully
                 return True
             else:
@@ -49,40 +78,59 @@ def create_email_account(username, password):
             print(f"Error creating email account: {str(e)}")
             return False
     else:
+        # Something went very wrong if this function triggers
         print(f"Injection Bypass! Very bad!")
         return False
 
 @app.route('/')
 def index():
+    # Generate the CAPTCHA for the user
     captcha_text = generate_captcha_text()
     image = ImageCaptcha().generate(captcha_text)
+
+    # Store the CAPTCHA in the session
     session['captcha_text'] = captcha_text
+
+    # Encode the image in base64
     image_base64 = base64.b64encode(image.getvalue()).decode('utf-8')
+
+    # Report the CAPTCHA
     print(captcha_text)
+
+    # Pass the CAPTCHA through to index.html
     return render_template('index.html', captcha_text=captcha_text, captcha_image=image_base64)
 
 @app.route('/api', methods=['POST'])
 def register():
+    # Get the form data
     username = request.form.get('username')
     password = request.form.get('password')
+
+    # Get the CAPTCHA
     user_captcha = request.form.get('captcha')
 
+    # Report the user captcha result
     print(user_captcha)
 
-    if not is_valid_input(username) or not is_valid_input(user_captcha):
+    # Check the regex filter
+    if not is_valid_input(username):
         return render_template('num.html'), 400
 
     # Validate the captcha
     captcha_text = session.get('captcha_text', '')
     print(captcha_text)
     if user_captcha.lower() != captcha_text.lower():
+        # CAPTCHA incorrect
         return render_template('captcha_err.html'), 400
 
+    # Attempt to create the email
     if create_email_account(username, password):
+        # Email created
         return render_template('ok.html')
     else:
+        # Backend error, potentially maddy
         return render_template('err.html'), 500
 
-
+# Start the web server
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     serve(app, host='0.0.0.0', port=8050)

config.ini

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[HectaMail]
+# Secret Key, please change to something custom
+secretkey: 'your_key_here'
+# The characters you allow in your CAPTCHA
+captchachars: 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'

tmp/password.tmp

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-test