Memorable password generator. For the command line, Node.js and browsers.
$ npm install password-generator -g
password-generator -h
Displays this help
Generates a memorable password
Options:
-l Password length
-c Generates a non memorable password [default: false]
-p Pattern to match for the generated password
-h Displays this help
Simple memorable pass
password-generator
=> maqetaxaku
Custom length
password-generator -l 30
=> nugiferagiraqadamedewubaqirali
Non memorable
password-generator -c
=> QPnb3gl7_0
Customize the pattern to match for each password character
password-generator -p "[\d\W\w\p]"
=> Je;VgG?{Yd
Any number or letter
password-generator -p "[\w]"
=> 3NHPqzjIAq
Combine multiple strategies 6 memorable and 3 numbers
echo "`password-generator -l 6``password-generator -p "[0-9]" -l 3`"
=> wazawe351
var generatePassword = require('password-generator');
<script src="https://raw.github.com/bermi/password-generator/master/dist/password-generator.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
Since v2.0.0 this library relies on cryptographic random values generated via crypto.getRandomValues. IE11 was the first IE version to include this method. Check caniuse.com for details.
generatePassword() // -> xexeyimahi
generatePassword(12, false) // -> 76PAGEaq6i5c
generatePassword(12, false, /\d/) // -> 252667390298
generatePassword(12, false, /\d/, 'foo-') // -> foo-67390298
Given the pattern regexp can only match a single character you can build a function that generates multiple passwords until you hit one that complies with your rules.
The following example will generate a password with the following requirements
- Must contain at least two numbers
- Must contain at least three uppercase letters
- Must contain at least three lowercase letters
- Must contain at least two special characters
- Must NOT contain sequences of two or more repeated characters
var generatePassword = require("password-generator");
var maxLength = 18;
var minLength = 12;
var uppercaseMinCount = 3;
var lowercaseMinCount = 3;
var numberMinCount = 2;
var specialMinCount = 2;
var UPPERCASE_RE = /([A-Z])/g;
var LOWERCASE_RE = /([a-z])/g;
var NUMBER_RE = /([\d])/g;
var SPECIAL_CHAR_RE = /([\?\-])/g;
var NON_REPEATING_CHAR_RE = /([\w\d\?\-])\1{2,}/g;
function isStrongEnough(password) {
var uc = password.match(UPPERCASE_RE);
var lc = password.match(LOWERCASE_RE);
var n = password.match(NUMBER_RE);
var sc = password.match(SPECIAL_CHAR_RE);
var nr = password.match(NON_REPEATING_CHAR_RE);
return password.length >= minLength &&
!nr &&
uc && uc.length >= uppercaseMinCount &&
lc && lc.length >= lowercaseMinCount &&
n && n.length >= numberMinCount &&
sc && sc.length >= specialMinCount;
}
function customPassword() {
var password = "";
var randomLength = Math.floor(Math.random() * (maxLength - minLength)) + minLength;
while (!isStrongEnough(password)) {
password = generatePassword(randomLength, false, /[\w\d\?\-]/);
}
return password;
}
console.log(customPassword()); // => 2hP5v?1KKNx7_a-Wnpm install
make test
npm install
make all
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