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RandomAPI / Randomuser.me-old-source

[Deprecated] PHP source for Random User Generator - Please take a look at the new Node version
https://randomuser.me
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Passwords do not have special characters #1

Open joshsweaney opened 10 years ago

joshsweaney commented 10 years ago

The main reason I can see the password element being used, is to test the validation of password input fields on a form. In many cases, it is necessary to test that correct validation takes place for special characters, numbers etc. Adding more "random" looking passwords would be a good idea I think.

keitharm commented 10 years ago

Currently, the list of passwords are from the top 10,000 passwords list - https://xato.net/passwords/more-top-worst-passwords/

I'm not sure how we would implement the special character passwords. Would we mix a few hundred random special character passwords into the list for them to be chosen?

Maybe in the future, there can be a $_GET parameter that requests only special character passwords?

joshsweaney commented 10 years ago

Ah I see! Not a bad strategy, but testing forms can't always assume the majority case.

A great feature I think, would be a GET parameter that allows different types of passwords to be returned, i.e. "alpha", "numeric", "alpha-numeric", "alpha-numeric-specialchars" or whatever you choose to call each group. Sure, these could easily be tested manually, but adding them would give the API more ... completeness