Insert generated pass  and run 


'''
python script that generates a password based on user input. 
supports words,numbers, and special characters.
Author: Martin Aaberge
Date: 2021 10 19
'''

import random

def get_words(word_path):
    '''
    function returning a list of words based on a text file.
    return type: list
    '''
    word_file = word_path
    with open(word_file,'r') as file:
        word_list = list(file) #creates a list incl. /newline
    return word_list

def generate_random_words(word_source, word_count):
    '''
    function generating a list of random words based on a word source list
    and amount of words requested.
    return type: list
    '''
    password_words =[]
    for words in range(0,word_count):
        random_index = random.randint(0,len(word_source)-1)
        password_words.append(word_source[random_index].strip())

    return password_words

def generate_special_char(amount):
    '''
    function returning a string of special characters as long as requested in amount
    return type: string
    '''
    password_special_characters =''
    special_characters = '''!"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\]^_`{|}~\''''
    character_count = 0
    while character_count < amount:
        password_special_characters += special_characters[random.randint(0,len(special_characters)-1)]
        character_count += 1

    return password_special_characters

def generate_random_number(padding):
    '''
    function returning a random number with a length determined by padding.
    fortmat will be able to return a number with leading 0s, hence its return value
    return type: string
    '''
    password_number = ''
    padding_count = 0
    while padding_count < padding:
        random_number = str(random.randint(0,9))
        password_number += random_number
        padding_count += 1
    return password_number

def generate_password(all_words, word_count, separator, padding=2, special = True, special_amount=1):
    '''
    funtion that returns a password based on user input
    all_words: a list containing strings
    word_count: how many words we want
    separator: how the separator looks.
    padding: padding for our random number
    special: optional if we want special character or not in our password
    special_amount: how many special characters we want.
    append order: words-number-special
    return type string
    '''
    new_password = generate_random_words(all_words,word_count)
    new_numbers = generate_random_number(padding)
    new_password.append(new_numbers)
    if special:
        new_special = generate_special_char(special_amount)
        new_password.append(new_special)
        
    return (separator.join(new_password))

def main():
    words = get_words('/Users/martinandersson/Documents/projects/python/password_generator/source/words.txt')
    print(generate_password(words,2,'_',5,True,2))

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()