Python Project - 1 (Password Locker)

Hello reader, this is my first post on this blog. I created this blog for various purposes including

• First and most importantly improve my coding
• Help others to learn various concepts in programming
•  To complete my hobby of blogging

So, I am starting various series simultaneously, hope I will able to continue them. In this "Python Project" series, I will create simple python projects and will give step by step procedure to do that. I think you should first try to complete code yourself, then if you get stuck anywhere, feel free to check steps, refer complete code or comment for more help.

Let's begin...

Idea and Need:

You probably have accounts on many different websites. It is a bad habit to have the same password and it is difficult to remember all passwords. So it is a good idea to use "Password Manager Software". So why not create it yourself? So let's see what steps you should follow...

Steps:

1. We have to create a menu which has the option to save new password and to see the new password.
2. While adding a new password, get account name for which we are saving the password and password itself.
3. Decide data structure you want to use to save passwords.
4. Soon you will realize that the passwords you are saving are destroyed once you exit the program...(You need file handling)
5. Change above program so that you can implement in text file
6. Now it is time to add encryption. Why? Because anyone can open the text file to see your account and passwords. Add any basic encryption and decryption method(create your own one instead of using some module).
7. Finally, use "pyperclip" module, to copy the password to clipboard automatically and then clear clipboard after 10 seconds.
8. Take help of google, stack overflow wherever needed instead of looking my code. 

Modules required:

• pyperclip
• json
• time
• sys
• pathlib

What you will learn:

• Basic loops and menu driven program
• File handling in python
• Encryption and decryption
• copying data to the clipboard
• Use of data structure

Code:

GitHub Link:

https://github.com/Omkar-Ajnadkar/Password-Locker

I have written very simple and well informative code. There are many places where you can reduce the size of code and optimise it.

I encourage you to fork and star the repository on GitHub and make improvements. I will surely consider to add them.

What Next:

You can add many other functions to the program:

• Add GUI (using Tkinter or other modules)
• Set master password
• Create an executable file on windows
• Apply conditions on input
• Give tips to create good password in program

That's all for this project. Comment if any bugs or errors are present in the program. Comment any new ideas and yes, share this post so that others can learn something new.