Module: Randpass

Defined in:
lib/randpass/random.rb,
lib/randpass/version.rb

Overview

Generate random password with SecureRandom#base64 and a few random special characters. Method #randpass is defined as class and instance method, so you can call it or include it.

Constant Summary collapse

ARRAY =

Allowed specials. xxx is just a flag for #add_special_chars

%w[! # * $ % _ @ xxx].freeze
VERSION =

gem version

'0.1.3'

Class Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.randpass(number_of_chars = 20) ⇒ String Also known as: []

Returns:

  • (String) 


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# File 'lib/randpass/random.rb', line 28

def randpass(number_of_chars = 20)
  # slice string made with base64, to number of characters we want
  param = SecureRandom.base64(number_of_chars)[0...number_of_chars]

  rand(param.size / 2).times do
    param = add_special_characters(param)
  end

  param.split('').shuffle.join
end

Instance Method Details

#randpass(number_of_chars = nil) ⇒ String

Random number of times try to add random special character. Transform to array, shuffle, and join back to string.

Provide number of characters for password as argument, default value is 22.

Parameters:

  • number_of_chars (Integer) (defaults to: nil) —

    Optional. Number of password characters.

Returns:

  • (String) 


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# File 'lib/randpass/random.rb', line 22

def randpass(number_of_chars = nil)
  Randpass[number_of_chars]
end