@iselinmagnusen/password-utilities

A small JavaScript library for generating strong passwords and checking whether a password is strong.

Table of Contents

• Installation
• Usage
  • Examples
• Contribution
• Security
• License

Installation

Install via npm:

npm install @iselinmagnusen/password-utilities

Install via yarn:

yarn add @iselinmagnusen/password-utilities

Usage

Basic usage:

const {
  generateStrongPassword,
  isStrongPassword
} = require('@iselinmagnusen/password-utilities');


const password = generateStrongPassword(12);


console.log(password); // e.g., "pC%mD8TpCKn2"
console.log(isStrongPassword(password)); // true

Examples

Generate a strong password:

const { generateStrongPassword } = require('@iselinmagnusen/password-utilities');


const password = generateStrongPassword(12);


console.log(password); // e.g., "pC%mD8TpCKn2"

Check whether a password is strong:

const { isStrongPassword } = require('@iselinmagnusen/password-utilities');


console.log(isStrongPassword("Hello World")); // false
console.log(isStrongPassword("pC%mD8TpCKn2")); // true

Generate and validate in one flow:

const {
  generateStrongPassword,
  isStrongPassword
} = require('@iselinmagnusen/password-utilities');


const newPassword = generateStrongPassword(16);


if (isStrongPassword(newPassword)) {
  console.log("Generated password is strong:", newPassword);
}

Contribution

Contributions are welcome. Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for more details on how to report issues, suggest features, and submit pull requests.

Security

Please refer to our SECURITY.md for information about our security policy and how to report vulnerabilities.

This library is designed to generate passwords that satisfy the library’s strength rules:

• at least 8 characters long
• at least one uppercase letter
• at least one lowercase letter
• at least one digit
• at least one special character from !@#$%^&*()_+

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.