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+from passlib.context import CryptContext
+from jose import jwt
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+from config.settings import settings
+
+pwd_context = CryptContext(schemes=["bcrypt"], deprecated="auto")
+
+def get_password_hash(password: str) -> str:
+    return pwd_context.hash(password)
+
+def verify_password(plain_password: str, hashed_password: str) -> bool:
+    return pwd_context.verify(plain_password, hashed_password)
+
+def create_access_token(data: dict) -> str:
+    to_encode = data.copy()
+    expire = datetime.utcnow() + timedelta(minutes=settings.access_token_expire_minutes)
+    to_encode.update({"exp": expire})
+    return jwt.encode(to_encode, settings.secret_key, algorithm=settings.algorithm)
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