To display the strength of the password with a visual feedback.
Password Strength Meter use zxcvbn to estimate the strength of the password and also provide a visual feedback with suggestions and warning messages.
This lib was developed based on the following tutorial.
How then is password strength measured? Dropbox developed an algorithm for a realistic password strength estimator inspired by password crackers. This algorithm is packaged in a Javascript library called zxcvbn. In addition, the package contains a dictionary of commonly used English words, names and passwords.
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<password-strength-meter [password]="password"></password-strength-meter>
Step 1: Since this lib was depending upon the zxcvbn lib, install it first
npm install zxcvbn3 --save
Step 2: Install password-strength-meter
npm install angular-password-strength-meter --save
Step 3: Import Password Strength Meter Module into your app module
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import { PasswordStrengthMeterModule } from 'angular-password-strength-meter';
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@NgModule({
...
imports: [
....
PasswordStrengthMeterModule
],
....
})
export class AppModule { }
Step 4: use the password-strength-meter component in your app.component.ts
<password-strength-meter [password]="password"></password-strength-meter>
option | bind | type | default | description |
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password | Input() | string | - | password to calculate its strength |
minPasswordLength | Input() | number | 8 | min length of password to calculate the strength |
enableFeedback | Input() | boolean | false | to show/hide the suggestions and warning messages |
colors | Input() | string[] | ['darkred', 'orangered', 'orange', 'yellowgreen', 'green'] | to overide the meter colors, password strength range is 0 - 4, for strength 0 equals first color in the array and so on |
strengthChange | Output() | number | - | emits the strength of the provided password in number -> range 0 - 4 |