This program randomly generates a secure password using a mix of letters, both caps on and off, numbers, and punctuation, then outputs the results and saves them as a text document.
This program uses the Python 3 module secrets to create a pseudo random password with alphanumeric, numbers, and special characters. The output will be printed into the terminal.
- PasswordGenerator.py can use Python 3 and higher or Python 2 and higher
- createPassword.py can run on python 3.6 or higher or for Python 2 do:
cd Random_Password_Generator/to change directory into this folder.- Create virtual environment with
virtualvenv env - do
source venv/bin/activateto activate virtual environment. - do
pip install -r requirements.txtto install python2-secrets - TIP: to deactivate virtual environment, do
deactivate.
For Windows users:
$ python PasswordGenerator.pyFor Mac/Linux/Unix users:
$ ./PasswordGenerator.py