va9id/password-api

Password Generator Application

Allows you to generate a number of randomly generated passwords through a REST API. This project was bootstrapped with Create React App.

Getting Started

API requirements

• Python3+
• Flask

  pip install Flask

• Flask-Cors

  pip install Flask-Cors

• requests

  pip install requests

• Node.js
• npm

Usage

API

python3 api/app.py

• API runs on port 5001 and is accessible at /generate with the require query string parameters.
  • Query parameters are:
    • length: integer length of randomly generated password(s)
    • amount: integer amount of randomly generated passwords
  • Ex: http://localhost:5001/generate?length=8&amount=3
• API can run on standalone

Front-end

npm start

• Front-end runs on port 3000 and can be accessed @ http://localhost:3000.
• Ensure the API is running