1.1.1 • Published 8 years ago
password-generate v1.1.1
password-generate
Password generators.
Based on actual use cases encountered in the wild.
mixed
: (alpha) + (num) + (symbol)alphanum
: some systems don't allow symbolsnum
: primarily those intended for phone usage
Usage
Naked
lib/* mode length
lib/* mode
lib/* length
lib/*
mode = m[ixed]|a[lphanum]|n[um] ; default mixed
length = (integer >= 3) ; default = 12
npm
npm install password-generate
let PasswordGenerate = require('password-generate')
console.log(PasswordGenerate.generate(mode, length))
console.log(PasswordGenerate.generate(mode))
console.log(PasswordGenerate.generate(length))
console.log(PasswordGenerate.generate())
gem
gem install password_generate
require 'password_generate'
p PasswordGenerate.generate mode, length
p PasswordGenerate.generate mode
p PasswordGenerate.generate length
p PasswordGenerate.generate
composer
composer require password-generate
use password_generate;
echo password_generate\PasswordGenerate::generate($mode, $length);
echo password_generate\PasswordGenerate::generate($mode);
echo password_generate\PasswordGenerate::generate($length);
echo password_generate\PasswordGenerate::generate();
bash
./password-generate.sh mode length
./password-generate.sh mode
./password-generate.sh length
./password-generate.sh
perl
./password-generate.pl mode length
./password-generate.pl mode
./password-generate.pl length
./password-generate.pl
Notes
Symbol
Only using the underscore _
.
Some don't allow fancier symbols, but the underscore seems accepted everywhere.
Alpha
Assuming both uppercase and lowercase allowed.
The only contrary case I have seen is banks, which uses case-insensitive passwords - but then it doesn't disallow inputting both upper- and lower- case either.
Num
Ever-present.
I haven't seen a system that disallow numeric inputs yet.
First character
Is always an alpha
.
Systems have various rules disallowing what is or is not allowed, but the alpha seems accepted everywhere.