NAME

App::genpw - (Gen)erate random password/strings, with (p)atterns and (w)ordlists

VERSION

This document describes version 0.013 of App::genpw (from Perl distribution App-genpw), released on 2024-01-16.

SYNOPSIS

See the included script genpw.

FUNCTIONS

genpw

Usage:

 genpw(%args) -> [$status_code, $reason, $payload, \%result_meta]

(Gen)erate random password/strings, with (p)atterns and (w)ordlists.

This is yet another utility to generate random password. Features:

• Allow specifying pattern(s), e.g. '%8a%s' means 8 random alphanumeric characters followed by a symbol.

• Use words from wordlists.

• Use strong random source when available, otherwise fallback to Perl's builtin rand().

Examples:

By default generate base56 password 12-20 characters long (-p %12$20B):

 % genpw
 Uk7Zim6pZeMTZQUyaM

Generate 5 passwords instead of 1:

 % genpw 5
 igYiRhUb5t9d9f3J
 b7D44pnxZHJGQzDy2eg
 RXDtqjMvp2hNAdQ
 Xz3DmAL94akqtZ5xb
 7TfANv9yxAaMGXm

Generate random digits between 10 and 12 characters long:

 % genpw -p '%10$12d'
 55597085674

Generate password in the form of a random word + 4 random digits. Words will be fed from STDIN:

 % genpw -p '%w%4d' < /usr/share/dict/words
 shafted0412

Like the above, but words will be fetched from WordList::* modules. You need to install the genpw-wordlist CLI. By default, will use wordlist from WordList::EN::Enable:

 % genpw -p '%(wordlist:EN::Enable)w%4d'
 
 % genpw-wordlist -p '%w%4d'
 sedimentologists8542

Generate a random GUID:

 % genpw -p '%8h-%4h-%4h-%4h-%12h'
 ff26d142-37a8-ecdf-c7f6-8b6ae7b27695

Like the above, but in uppercase:

 % genpw -p '%(u)8h-%(u)4h-%(u)4h-%(u)4h-%(u)12h'
 CA333840-6132-33A1-9C31-F2FF20EDB3EA
 
 % genpw -p '%()(Str::uc)8h-%()(Str::uc)4h-%()(Str::uc)4h-%()(Str::uc)4h-%()(Str::uc)12h'
 CA333840-6132-33A1-9C31-F2FF20EDB3EA
 
 % genpw -p '%8h-%4h-%4h-%4h-%12h' -U
 22E13D9E-1187-CD95-1D05-2B92A09E740D

Use configuration file to avoid typing the pattern every time, put this in ~/genpw.conf:

 [profile=guid]
 patterns = "%8h-%4h-%4h-%4h-%12h"

then:

 % genpw -P guid
 008869fa-177e-3a46-24d6-0900a00e56d5

Keywords: generate, pattern, wordlist

This function is not exported.

Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):

• action => str (default: "gen")

  (No description)

• case => str (default: "default")

  Force casing.

  default means to not change case. random changes casing some letters randomly to lower-/uppercase. lower forces lower case. upper forces UPPER CASE. title forces Title case.

• len => posint

  If no pattern is supplied, will generate random alphanum characters with this exact length.

• max_len => posint

  If no pattern is supplied, will generate random alphanum characters with this maximum length.

• min_len => posint

  If no pattern is supplied, will generate random alphanum characters with this minimum length.

• num => int (default: 1)

  (No description)

• patterns => array[str]

  Pattern(s) to use.

  CONVERSION (%P). A pattern is string that is roughly similar to a printf pattern:

   %P

  where P is certain letter signifying a conversion. This will be replaced with some other string according to the conversion. An example is the %h conversion which will be replaced with hexdigit.

  LENGTH (%NP). A non-negative integer (N) can be specified before the conversion to signify desired length, for example, %4w will return a random word of length 4.

  MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM LENGTH (%M$NP). If two non-negative integers separated by $ is specified before the conversion, this specify desired minimum and maximum length. For example, %4$10h will be replaced with between 4 and 10 hexdigits.

  ARGUMENT AND FILTERS (%(arg)P, %(arg)(filter1)(...)P). Finally, an argument followed by zero or more filters can be specified (before the lengths) and before the conversion. For example, %(wordlist:ID::KBBI)w will be replaced by a random word from the wordlist WordList::ID::KBBI. Another example, %()(Str::uc)4$10h will be replaced by between 4-10 uppercase hexdigits, and %(arraydata:Sample::DeNiro)(Str::underscore_non_latin_alphanums)(Str::lc)(Str::ucfirst)w will be replaced with a random movie title of Robert De Niro, where symbols are replaced with underscore then the string will be converted into lowercase and the first character uppercased, e.g. Dear_america_letters_home_from_vietnam.

  Anything else will be left as-is.

  Available conversions:

   %l   Random Latin letter (A-Z, a-z)
   %d   Random digit (0-9)
   %h   Random hexdigit (0-9a-f in lowercase [default] or 0-9A-F in uppercase).
        Known arguments:
        - "u" (to use the uppercase instead of the default lowercase digits)
   %a   Random letter/digit (Alphanum) (A-Z, a-z, 0-9; combination of %l and %d)
   %s   Random ASCII symbol, e.g. "-" (dash), "_" (underscore), etc.
   %x   Random letter/digit/ASCII symbol (combination of %a and %s)
   %m   Base64 character (A-Z, a-z, 0-9, +, /)
   %b   Base58 character (A-Z, a-z, 0-9 minus IOl0)
   %B   Base56 character (A-Z, a-z, 0-9 minus IOol01)
   %%   A literal percent sign
   %w   Random word. Known arguments:
        - "stdin:" (for getting the words from stdin, the default)
        - "wordlist:NAME" (for getting the words from a L<WordList> module)
        - "arraydata:NAME" (for getting the words from an L<ArrayData> module, the
          Role::TinyCommons::Collection::PickItems::RandomPos will be applied).

  Filters are modules in the Data::Sah::Filter::perl:: namespace.

Returns an enveloped result (an array).

First element ($status_code) is an integer containing HTTP-like status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element ($reason) is a string containing error message, or something like "OK" if status is 200. Third element ($payload) is the actual result, but usually not present when enveloped result is an error response ($status_code is not 2xx). Fourth element (%result_meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information, much like how HTTP response headers provide additional metadata.

Return value: (any)

HOMEPAGE

Please visit the project's homepage at https://metacpan.org/release/App-genpw.

SOURCE

Source repository is at https://github.com/perlancar/perl-App-genpw.

AUTHOR

perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>

CONTRIBUTING

To contribute, you can send patches by email/via RT, or send pull requests on GitHub.

Most of the time, you don't need to build the distribution yourself. You can simply modify the code, then test via:

 % prove -l

If you want to build the distribution (e.g. to try to install it locally on your system), you can install Dist::Zilla, Dist::Zilla::PluginBundle::Author::PERLANCAR, Pod::Weaver::PluginBundle::Author::PERLANCAR, and sometimes one or two other Dist::Zilla- and/or Pod::Weaver plugins. Any additional steps required beyond that are considered a bug and can be reported to me.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2024, 2020, 2018 by perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=App-genpw

When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.

cpanm App::genpw

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