Optionally encrypt the password using sha256

Add a configuration parameter whether the password should be sha256 encrypted.
Newer Connect Box models require an encrypted password, but leave it to the user
whether they want to do it themselves.

connect_box/__init__.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """A Python Client to get data from UPC Connect Boxes."""
 import asyncio
 from collections import OrderedDict
+from hashlib import sha256
 from http.cookies import BaseCookie
 import logging
 import re
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ def __init__(
         host: str = "192.168.0.1",
         username: str = "admin",
         use_token: bool = True,
+        encrypt_password: bool = False,
     ):
         """Initialize the connection."""
         self._session: aiohttp.ClientSession = session
@@ -92,6 +94,10 @@ def __init__(
         self.cm_systeminfo: Optional[CmSystemInfo] = None
         self.global_settings: Optional[GlobalSettings] = None
 
+        # Optionally encrypt_password the password if requested
+        if password and encrypt_password:
+            self.password = sha256(self.password.encode("utf-8")).hexdigest()
+
         # Allow setting cookies for IP addresses
         self._session.cookie_jar._unsafe = True
 

example.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 async def main():
     """Sample code to retrieve the data from an UPC Connect Box."""
     async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
-        client = ConnectBox(session, PASSWORD, use_token=False)
+        client = ConnectBox(session, PASSWORD, use_token=False, encode_password=True)
 
         # Print details about the downstream channel connectivity
         await client.async_get_downstream()