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hibp-checker
Anonymously check a given password against the haveibeenpwned.com database
hibp-checker
Anonymously query the haveibeenpwned.com API to fetch the number of times a password has appeard in breached data sets using K-anonymity
Installation
npm install --save hibp-checker
Usage
const checkPassword = require('hibp-checker');
const breachCount = await checkPassword('hunter2');
console.log(`Breached ${breachCount} times`);
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Anonymously check a given password against the haveibeenpwned.com database
We found that hibp-checker demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
Package last updated on 21 Feb 2018
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