From 63e8203e819d094ad42136bd14c4be6402d084f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Holger Frey <frey@imtek.de>
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2022 11:45:45 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] added random password generator

---
 pyproject.toml           |  1 +
 work_helpers/password.py | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 work_helpers/password.py

diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d03f488..f4ff9d3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ xls2pylist = "work_helpers.excel2pylist:cli"
 sg_mbp_release = "work_helpers.sg_mbp_release:sg_mbp_release"
 sg_mbp_new_version = "work_helpers.sg_mbp_release:sg_mbp_new_version"
 sg_list_frms = "work_helpers.sg_frm_list:cli"
+random_password = "work_helpers.password:get_random_password"
diff --git a/work_helpers/password.py b/work_helpers/password.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..014b71c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/work_helpers/password.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+from email.policy import default
+import click
+import itertools
+import random
+import pyperclip
+
+
+lowers = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
+uppers = lowers.upper()
+decimals = "0123456789"
+
+
+characters = list(lowers + uppers + decimals)
+
+
+@click.command()
+@click.option("--length", default=16, type=int)
+def get_random_password(length=16):
+    """ generates a random password and copies it to the clipboard """
+    choice = [random.choice(characters) for i in range(length)]
+    groups = [iter(choice)] * 4
+    grouped = ("".join(g) for g in itertools.zip_longest(*groups, fillvalue=""))
+    password = "-".join(grouped)
+    pyperclip.copy(password)
+    click.echo("Copied to clipboard:", err=True)
+    click.echo(password)
+    
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