Returns a more complex version of a Watchout4Snakes random phrase (to programmatically create passphrases).
After reading XKCD's password comic, I found http://watchout4snakes.com/wo4snakes/ (W4S), and immediately loved it. I figured I'd like to automate the process for use in other applications. So, here we are!
Also, I wanted to get a feel for some basic web scraping and string manipulation with Python.
- Python >= 3.6 (I honestly didn't test it on a lower version of Python...it might work)
- Selenium
- chromedriver
Run pip install selenium if you don't have this library yet.
You will need to get the appropriate chromedriver file for your system from https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/.
The current script simply prints the new password, but you can call the main() function as you see fit.
main() takes the following optional parameters (in order):
| Parameter | Description | Default Value |
|---|---|---|
word_count |
The total number of words desired in the output phrase. | 2 |
use_caps |
Whether the program should allow upper/lower case switching. | False |
use_leet |
Whether the program should allow 1337 switching. | False |
caps_percent |
The percent chance you want the program to swap a character to uppercase. This default only matters when use_caps is set to True. |
25 |
leet_percent |
The percent chance you want the program to swap a character to 1337. This default only matters when use_leet is set to True. |
20 |