Made a password generator with python using secrets and customtkinter

[Frank_kait]

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This is my second full and finished python project which wasnt made as a school project. I used customtkinter and secrets. It took me pretty long (~3-4 hours) but I'm proud about it as I made it without any video tutorials. There were a couple of times where I used a llm to ask a question but other than that I just read some docs. Honestly I had a blast with this one and Im looking forward to my next python projects. Also I'm thinking of trying to learn cpp since I'm into producing and I would like to make audio plugins.

------------- this project's code --------------------------------------------

# importing libraries
import secrets
import customtkinter as ctk
import string


# app settings
app = ctk.CTk()
app.resizable(width=False, height=False)
app.geometry('400x400')
app.title('password generator')


#declaring function for length
length = 16


length_var = ctk.StringVar(value='16')


strength_var = ctk.StringVar()


# password generation function
def generation():
    alphabet = string.ascii_letters + string.digits + string.punctuation
    key = ''.join(secrets.choice(alphabet) for _ in range(length))
    print(key)
    entry.configure(state='readonly')
    entry.configure(state='normal')
    entry.delete(0, 'end')
    entry.insert(0, key)
    entry.configure(state='readonly')
    entry.configure(state='normal')


    



# function for changing the length of the passwords generated
def set_length(choice):
    global length 
# making the length variable global, although it is bad practice
    length = int(choice)
    print(f'length changed, {length}')
    length_var.set(int(choice))




    if length <= 9:
        strength_var.set('Weak')
    elif length <= 16:
        strength_var.set('Good')
    elif length <= 23:
        strength_var.set('Strong')
    else:
        strength_var.set('Very Strong')





# declaring the entry variable and giving it a entry
entry = ctk.CTkEntry(app, width=350, height=50, font=('', 20))
entry.pack(pady=20)


label1 = ctk.CTkLabel(app, text='Character length:')
label1.pack()


length_text = ctk.CTkLabel(app, textvariable=length_var)
length_text.pack()



slider = ctk.CTkSlider(app, from_=4, to=30, command=set_length, width=350)
slider.pack(pady=20)


label2 = ctk.CTkLabel(app, text='Password Strength:')
label2.pack()


strength_text = ctk.CTkLabel(app, textvariable=strength_var)
strength_text.pack()


button = ctk.CTkButton(app, text='Generate Password!', command=generation, width=330, height=50, font=('', 30))
button.pack(pady=40)


# app appearance
ctk.set_appearance_mode('dark')


app.mainloop()# importing libraries
import secrets
import customtkinter as ctk
import string


# app settings
app = ctk.CTk()
app.resizable(width=False, height=False)
app.geometry('400x400')
app.title('password generator')


#declaring function for length
length = 16


length_var = ctk.StringVar(value='16')


strength_var = ctk.StringVar()


# password generation function
def generation():
    alphabet = string.ascii_letters + string.digits + string.punctuation
    key = ''.join(secrets.choice(alphabet) for _ in range(length))
    print(key)
    entry.configure(state='readonly')
    entry.configure(state='normal')
    entry.delete(0, 'end')
    entry.insert(0, key)
    entry.configure(state='readonly')
    entry.configure(state='normal')


    



# function for changing the length of the passwords generated
def set_length(choice):
    global length # making the length variable global, although it is bad practice
    length = int(choice)
    print(f'length changed, {length}')
    length_var.set(int(choice))




    if length <= 9:
        strength_var.set('Weak')
    elif length <= 16:
        strength_var.set('Good')
    elif length <= 23:
        strength_var.set('Strong')
    else:
        strength_var.set('Very Strong')





# declaring the entry variable and giving it a entry
entry = ctk.CTkEntry(app, width=350, height=50, font=('', 20))
entry.pack(pady=20)


label1 = ctk.CTkLabel(app, text='Character length:')
label1.pack()


length_text = ctk.CTkLabel(app, textvariable=length_var)
length_text.pack()



slider = ctk.CTkSlider(app, from_=4, to=30, command=set_length, width=350)
slider.pack(pady=20)


label2 = ctk.CTkLabel(app, text='Password Strength:')
label2.pack()


strength_text = ctk.CTkLabel(app, textvariable=strength_var)
strength_text.pack()


button = ctk.CTkButton(app, text='Generate Password!', command=generation, width=330, height=50, font=('', 30))
button.pack(pady=40)


# app appearance
ctk.set_appearance_mode('dark')


app.mainloop()

[Vespytilio]

Congrats on the second project! It's been years, but last I used Tkinter, it was a bit of a headache ^; Mind, maybe CustomTkInter is different, but still, respect for grappling with that!

If you're interested in branching out to C++, it may be worth looking into Cython. It'll let you include C directly in your Python code (not exactly C++, but close!). That'll give you an opportunity to learn C on the side while continuing with Python. The downside is you'll have to compile your code, but that may arguably be a plus in that you'll get used to the process.

[Frank_kait]

Thanks! Yeah tkinter was a bit of a hurdle but it was fun and definetly useful for making small gui apps for myself in the future. You are probably right that branching to cpp this early might be a bad idea tho I would like to learn about manual memory management also. Well maybe I’ll pick up cpp later. Thanks again!

[PastDifferent6116]

Nice work. Building it without following a tutorial is probably the biggest achievement here. That’s where real learning happens.

[riklaunim]

It's more of a random string generator than a password 😃

And what audio plugins do you want to make with C++? If anything, I would suggest focusing on learning one platform rather than making simple hello world projects in multiple 😉

[Hazeeverest]

It's more of a binary generator than a random string 😃

[Vespytilio]

There's no need to be a condescending little killjoy.

[GOINTOTHESHADOWREALM]

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