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Microservice for the password strength checker 'correct-horse-battery-staple'

Usage examples

Example 1

Request

curl -d "correcthorsebatterystaple" https://mypasswordchecker.com/

Response

{"status":0,"message":"OK"}

Example 2

Request

curl -d "123456" https://mypasswordchecker.com/

Response

{"status":109,"message":"it is too simplistic\/systematic"}

Example 3

Request

curl -d "correcthorsebatterystaple" http://mypasswordchecker.com/

Response

{"status":-1,"message":"Only secure connections allowed"}

Possible status codes in json

• 0, OK
• -1, error
• 1, unknown
• 100, it does not contain enough DIFFERENT characters
• 101, it is all whitespace
• 102, it is based on a (reversed) dictionary word
• 103, it is based on a dictionary word
• 104, it is based on your username
• 105, it is based upon your password entry
• 106, it is derivable from your password entry
• 107, it is derived from your password entry
• 108, it is too short
• 109, it is too simplistic/systematic
• 110, it is WAY too short
• 111, you are not registered in the password file