Refactor CI/CD setup: streamline Python package installations and add bcrypt hashing for email credentials

lib/bcrypt_hash.py

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+import sys
+import json
+import bcrypt
+import binascii
+
+# Read input JSON from stdin
+input_data = json.load(sys.stdin)
+password = input_data.get("password")
+cost = int(input_data.get("cost", "10")) # Default cost 10
+
+if not password:
+    print(json.dumps({"error": "Password is required"}), file=sys.stderr)
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+# Generate bcrypt hash
+hashed_bytes = bcrypt.hashpw(password.encode('utf-8'), bcrypt.gensalt(rounds=cost))
+hashed_string = hashed_bytes.decode('utf-8')
+
+# Hex encode for Glauth
+hex_encoded_hash = binascii.hexlify(hashed_string.encode('utf-8')).decode('utf-8')
+
+# Output JSON to stdout
+output_data = {
+    "bcrypt_hash": hashed_string,
+    "hex_encoded_bcrypt_hash": hex_encoded_hash
+}
+print(json.dumps(output_data))