ValueError: AES key must be either 16, 24, or 32 bytes long PyCrypto 2.7a1
<p>I'm making programm for my school project and have one problem above.
Here's my code:</p>

<pre><code>def aes():
    #aes
    os.system('cls')
    print('1. Encrypt')
    print('2. Decrypt')

    c = input('Your choice:')

    if int(c) == 1:
        #cipher
        os.system('cls')
        print("Let's encrypt, alright")
        print('Input a text to be encrypted')
        text = input()

        f = open('plaintext.txt', 'w')
        f.write(text)
        f.close()

        BLOCK_SIZE = 32
        PADDING = '{'
        pad = lambda s: s + (BLOCK_SIZE - len(s) % BLOCK_SIZE) * PADDING
        EncodeAES = lambda c, s: base64.b64encode(c.encrypt(pad(s)))
        secret = os.urandom(BLOCK_SIZE)

        f = open('aeskey.txt', 'w')
        f.write(str(secret))
        f.close()

        f = open('plaintext.txt', 'r')
        privateInfo = f.read()
        f.close()

        cipher = AES.new(secret)

        encoded = EncodeAES(cipher, privateInfo)

        f = open('plaintext.txt', 'w')
        f.write(str(encoded))
        f.close()
        print(str(encoded))

    if int(c) == 2:
        os.system('cls')
        print("Let's decrypt, alright")

        f = open('plaintext.txt','r')
        encryptedString = f.read()
        f.close()

        PADDING = '{'
        DecodeAES = lambda c, e: c.decrypt(base64.b64decode(e)).rstrip(PADDING)
        encryption = encryptedString

        f = open('aeskey.txt', 'r')
        key = f.read()
        f.close()

        cipher = AES.new(key)
        decoded = DecodeAES(cipher, encryption)

        f = open('plaintext.txt', 'w')
        f.write(decoded)
        f.close()

        print(decoded)
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<p>Full error text:</p>

<pre><code>Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:/Users/vital/Desktop/Prog/Python/Enc_dec/Enc_dec.py", line 341, in aes() 
File "C:/Users/vital/Desktop/Prog/Python/Enc_dec/Enc_dec.py", line 180, in aes cipher = AES.new(key) 
File "C:\Users\vital\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\lib\site-packages\Crypto\Cipher\AES.py", line 179, in new return AESCipher(key, *args, **kwargs) 
File "C:\Users\vital\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\lib\site-packages\Crypto\Cipher\AES.py", line 114, in init blockalgo.BlockAlgo.init(self, _AES, key, *args, **kwargs) 
File "C:\Users\vital\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\lib\site-packages\Crypto\Cipher\blockalgo.py", line 401, in init self._cipher = factory.new(key, *args, **kwargs)
ValueError: AES key must be either 16, 24, or 32 bytes long

Process finished with exit code 1
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<p>What am I doing wrong?</p>