docs: def encrypt(text, key=None):
      """
      Encrypts the inputted text using the AES cipher.  If the PyCrypto
      module is not included, this will simply encode the inputted text to
      base64 format.
      
      :param      text    | <str>
                  key     | <str>
      
      :return     <str>
      """
      if key is None:
          key = ENCRYPT_KEY
  
      bits = len(key)
      text = pad(text, bits)
      iv = Random.new().read(16)
      cipher = AES.new(key, AES.MODE_CBC, iv)
      return base64.b64encode(iv + cipher.encrypt(text))