Password validation in Python



Password validation in Python

Let’s take a password as a combination of alphanumeric characters along with special characters, and check whether the password is valid or not with the help of few conditions.

Conditions for a valid password are:

 

  1. Should have at least one number.
  2. Should have at least one uppercase and one lowercase character.
  3. Should have at least one special symbol.
  4. Should be between 6 to 20 characters long.
Input :  Geek12#
Output : Password is valid.

Input :  asd123
Output : Invalid Password !!

We can check if a given string is eligible to be a password or not using multiple ways.

Method #1: Naive Method (Without using Regex).

# Password validation in Python
# using naive method
 
# Function to validate the password
def password_check(passwd):
     
    SpecialSym =['$', '@', '#', '%']
    val = True
     
    if len(passwd) < 6:
        print('length should be at least 6')
        val = False
         
    if len(passwd) > 20:
        print('length should be not be greater than 8')
        val = False
         
    if not any(char.isdigit() for char in passwd):
        print('Password should have at least one numeral')
        val = False
         
    if not any(char.isupper() for char in passwd):
        print('Password should have at least one uppercase letter')
        val = False
         
    if not any(char.islower() for char in passwd):
        print('Password should have at least one lowercase letter')
        val = False
         
    if not any(char in SpecialSym for char in passwd):
        print('Password should have at least one of the symbols $@#')
        val = False
    if val:
        return val
 
# Main method
def main():
    passwd = 'Geek12@'
     
    if (password_check(passwd)):
        print("Password is valid")
    else:
        print("Invalid Password !!")
         
# Driver Code        
if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

Output:

Password is valid

This code used boolean functions to check if all the conditions were satisfied or not. We see that though the complexity of the code is basic, the length is considerable.

Method #2: Using regex

compile() method of Regex module makes a Regex object, making it possible to execute regex functions onto the pat variable. Then we check if the pattern defined by pat is followed by the input string passwd. If so, the search method returns true, which would allow the password to be valid.

# importing re library
import re
 
def main():
    passwd = 'Geek12@'
    reg = "^(?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*\d)(?=.*[@$!%*#?&])[A-Za-z\d@$!#%*?&]{6,20}$"
     
    # compiling regex
    pat = re.compile(reg)
     
    # searching regex                 
    mat = re.search(pat, passwd)
     
    # validating conditions
    if mat:
        print("Password is valid.")
    else:
        print("Password invalid !!")
 
# Driver Code     
if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

Output:

Password is valid.

Last Updated on November 13, 2021 by admin

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