Merge pull request #1 from Bollos00/clipboard

option to copy the generated password into the Clipboard

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+
+# Credits https://gist.github.com/thatisuday/b3b6096457e64cdfa20796315ed29fbd
+
+name: Build
+
+# Controls when the workflow will run
+on:
+  # Triggers the workflow on push or pull request events but only for the master branch
+  push:
+    branches: [ master ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ master ]
+
+
+# A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
+jobs:
+  build-linux:
+    name: Build the application in Linux environment
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+
+      # step 1: set up go
+      - name: Set up Go 1.13
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v1
+        with:
+          go-version: 1.13
+
+      # step 2: checkout repository code
+      - name: Checkout code into workspace directory
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      # step 3: install dependencies
+      - name: Install all Go dependencies
+        run: go get
+
+      # step 4: run the application
+      - name: go run
+        run: go run ./main.go -l 30

go.mod

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ module github.com/Bollos00/passwgen-go
 go 1.17
 
 require (
-    "github.com/ogier/pflag" v0.0.1
+	github.com/atotto/clipboard v0.1.4
+	github.com/ogier/pflag v0.0.1
 
 )

go.sum

@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
+github.com/atotto/clipboard v0.1.4 h1:EH0zSVneZPSuFR11BlR9YppQTVDbh5+16AmcJi4g1z4=
+github.com/atotto/clipboard v0.1.4/go.mod h1:ZY9tmq7sm5xIbd9bOK4onWV4S6X0u6GY7Vn0Yu86PYI=
 github.com/ogier/pflag v0.0.1 h1:RW6JSWSu/RkSatfcLtogGfFgpim5p7ARQ10ECk5O750=
 github.com/ogier/pflag v0.0.1/go.mod h1:zkFki7tvTa0tafRvTBIZTvzYyAu6kQhPZFnshFFPE+g=

main.go

@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
-
 	"github.com/Bollos00/passwgen-go/src/passwgen"
 	flag "github.com/ogier/pflag"
 )
@@ -40,9 +38,10 @@ func initFlags() passwgen.PasswGen {
 	var max *int = flag.IntP("max", "M", 16, "Maximum size of the password")
 	var length *int = flag.IntP("length", "l", -1,
 		"Fixed length of the password (overwrites 'min' and 'max' flags)")
-
 	var ignoredChars *string = flag.StringP("ignored", "i", "",
 		"Characters ignored in the creation of the password")
+	var copyClipboard *bool = flag.BoolP("clipboard", "C", false,
+		"Copy the generated password to the clipboard and do not print it")
 
 	flag.Parse()
 
@@ -76,6 +75,7 @@ func initFlags() passwgen.PasswGen {
 		MinSize:        *min,
 		MaxSize:        *max,
 		IgnoredChars:   []byte(*ignoredChars),
+		CopyClipboard:  *copyClipboard,
 	}
 
 	return passgen_instance
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	passgen_instace := initFlags()
 
-	password := passgen_instace.Generate()
-	fmt.Printf("Generated password:\n%v\n", password)
+	passgen_instace.Generate()
+	// password := passgen_instace.Generate()
+	// fmt.Printf("Generated password:\n%v\n", password)
 }

src/passwgen/passwgen.go

@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"math/rand"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/atotto/clipboard"
 )
 
 type PasswGenCharType int
@@ -104,11 +106,12 @@ type PasswGen struct {
 	MinSize        int
 	MaxSize        int
 	IgnoredChars   []byte
+	CopyClipboard  bool
 }
 
 func (psg PasswGen) Validate() PasswGen {
 	if psg.MinSize <= 0 || psg.MaxSize <= 0 {
-		fmt.Printf("The size of the password should be a positive integrer.\n")
+		fmt.Printf("The size of the password should be a positive integer.\n")
 		fmt.Printf("Changing the password length to a random number between 8 and 16.\n\n")
 		psg.MinSize = 8
 		psg.MaxSize = 16
@@ -160,5 +163,15 @@ func (psg PasswGen) Generate() string {
 		password[i] = availableChars[rand.Intn(int(len(availableChars)))]
 	}
 
+	if psg.CopyClipboard {
+		if err := clipboard.WriteAll(string(password)); err == nil {
+			fmt.Printf("Successfully copied the password to the clipboard.\n\n")
+		} else {
+			fmt.Printf("Error when trying to copy the password to the clipboard\n%v", err.Error())
+		}
+	} else {
+		fmt.Printf("Generated password:\n%v\n", string(password))
+	}
+
 	return string(password)
 }