From 36285db2cae08a11d4aa8de6e11c095bea9820c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arthur <worldnomad@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2023 07:41:26 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] 14132 fix

---
 netbox/extras/webhooks.py | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 netbox/extras/webhooks.py

diff --git a/netbox/extras/webhooks.py b/netbox/extras/webhooks.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a48a8038b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/netbox/extras/webhooks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import hashlib
+import hmac
+
+
+def generate_signature(request_body, secret):
+    """
+    Return a cryptographic signature that can be used to verify the authenticity of webhook data.
+    """
+    hmac_prep = hmac.new(
+        key=secret.encode('utf8'),
+        msg=request_body,
+        digestmod=hashlib.sha512
+    )
+    return hmac_prep.hexdigest()