pwdpy 0.2.2

Password Tools

pwdpy

pwdpy is a set of tools to facilitate password handling. It can be used in command line and as a python module.

Installation

pwdpy requires Python 3.x.

pwdpy can be installed with pip:

$ pip install pwdpy

To install it from source, enter the source distribution directory and run:

$ python setup.py install

Usage (command line)

The most basic usage of pwdpy command line utility prints 10 random passwords, and is as follows:

$ pwdpy

pwdpy accepts several arguments configuring its outcome. Overall synopsis is:

$ pwdpy [-h] [-l LENGTH] [-q QUANTITY]
        [-p] [-d] [-le] [-nu] [-nl]

Arguments:

-h, --help Display help message

-l, --length LENGTH The length of the password (default: 8)

-q, --quantity QUANTITY Generate QUANTITY passwords. (default: 1)

-p, --punctuation Use punctuation characters (default: False)

-d, --digits Use digits (default: False)

-le, --letters Use letter (default: False)

-nu, --no-upper Don't use upper case letters (default: False)

-nl, --no-lower Don't use lower case letters (default: False)

Examples

Below are some examples of pwdpy usage.

Output: one password with letters and digits:

$ pwdpy -le -d 
MT06aRK1

Output one password with 12 digits:

$ pwdpy -l 12 -d
304751766483

Output one password with all characters possibility:

$ pwdpy -le -d -p
PY>8OH+y

Output: a list containing 3 passwords with all characters possibility:

$ pwdpy -q 3 -le -d -p
['Xw]6ua77', 'SfmCrlg)', 'I9):o8Oa']

Python module

pwdpy Python module provides one function that is called generate.

| def generate( quantity=1, length=8, punctuation=True, digits=True, letters=True, l_upper=True, l_lower=True, charset="", **kwargs )

It returns a string with length characters. punctuation, digits and letters arguments specify whether punctuation, digits and letters should be used. l_upper and l_lower specifies letter wich case the letter can be.

License

MIT