require 'pwm/version' module Pwm # Internal: The exception raised when a requested password length is # too short. class TooShortException < Exception; end # Internal: The set of characters from which passwords will be assembled. # This could be overridden if you don't like the default. # # Returns the set of characters as an Array. def self.characters (('A'..'Z').to_a + ('a'..'z').to_a + ('2'..'9').to_a) - %w(I O l) end # Public: Generate a password. # # length - The length of the password. Minimum is 8. Default is 16. # # Examples # # Pwm.password # # => 'SPdHeZnn9rut4AUz' # # Pwm.password(8) # # => 'oUX4fmqr' # # Returns the generated password as a String if length >= 8, # or raises exception if length < 8. def self.password(length = 16) fail Pwm::TooShortException, "#{length} is too short." if length < 8 password = '' until acceptable?(password) password = (0..length - 1).reduce('') do |pw, n| pw + characters[rand(characters.length)] end end password end private # Private: Checks if a password is acceptable. # # password - the password to check # # Examples # # Pwm.acceptable?('AaBbCc1234') # # => true # # Pwm.acceptable?('ABCDEFGHIJ') # # => false # # Returns true if password has at least one of each required character # class, or false if not. def self.acceptable?(password) password.match(/[A-Z]/) && password.match(/[a-z]/) && password.match(/[0-9]/) end end