README.md

React Password Checklist

A React Component to display the success or failure of password strength rules that updates as a user types.

Example

Install in your project

npm install --save react-password-checklist

yarn add react-password-checklist

Note: react is a peer dependency. You should be using this in a React project.

Example Usage

import React, {useState} from "react"
import PasswordChecklist from "react-password-checklist"

const SignUp = () => {
	const [password, setPassword] = useState("")
	const [passwordAgain, setPasswordAgain] = useState("")
	return (
		<form>
			<label>Password:</label>
			<input type="password" onChange={e => setPassword(e.target.value)}>
			<label>Password Again:</label>
			<input type="password" onChange={e => setPasswordAgain(e.target.value)}>

			<PasswordChecklist
				rules={["minLength","specialChar","number","capital","match"]}
				minLength={5}
				value={password}
				valueAgain={passwordAgain}
				onChange={(isValid) => {}}
			/>
		</form>
	)
}

Custom Messages/Translations

import React, {useState} from "react"
import PasswordChecklist from "react-password-checklist"

const SignUp = () => {
	const [password, setPassword] = useState("")
	const [passwordAgain, setPasswordAgain] = useState("")
	return (
		<form>
			<label>Password:</label>
			<input type="password" onChange={e => setPassword(e.target.value)}>
			<label>Password Again:</label>
			<input type="password" onChange={e => setPasswordAgain(e.target.value)}>

			<PasswordChecklist
				rules={["minLength","specialChar","number","capital","match"]}
				minLength={8}
				value={password}
				valueAgain={passwordAgain}
				messages={{
					minLength: "La contraseña tiene más de 8 caracteres.",
					specialChar: "La contraseña tiene caracteres especiales.",
					number: "La contraseña tiene un número.",
					capital: "La contraseña tiene una letra mayúscula.",
					match: "Las contraseñas coinciden.",
				}}
			/>
		</form>
	)
}

Available Rules

Customize the component to display only the rules you need in the desired order you wish to display them.

minLength

Valid if the password meets the minimum length. Requires minLength prop to be included.

maxLength

Valid if the password meets the maximum length. Requires maxLength prop to be included.

specialChar

Valid if the password contains a special character from this list.

number

Valid if the password contains a number.

capital

Valid if the password contains a capital letter.

match

Valid if the password matches the confirm password valid. Requires valueAgain prop to be included.

letter

Valid if the password contains a letter (capital or lowercase)

lowercase

Valid if the password contains a lowercase letter

notEmpty

Valid if the password and confirm passwords both contain any character. Requires valueAgain prop to be included.

Props

Prop	Description	Type	Required	Default
rules	Rules to display in the order desired. Options are minLength, maxLength, specialChar, number, letter, capital, match, lowercase, notEmpty	array	yes
value	Current potential password	string	yes
valueAgain	Current potential password confirmation	string	Only with match rule
minLength	Minimum Password Length	number	Only with minLength rule
maxLength	Maximum Password Length	number	Only with maxLength rule
onChange	Callback that is triggered when the password becomes valid or invalid across all rules.	function		(isValid) => {}
messages	Object with keys as rules, and values as strings to use as the message to be displayed	object
className	Class applied to the entire component	string
rtl	apply rtl styles	boolean		false
style	Inline styles applied to the outer component wrapper	object
iconSize	Size of ✔ or 𐄂 icon	number		18
validColor	Color of checkmark icon. Not used with custom iconComponents	string		#4BCA81
invalidColor	Color of X icon. Not used with custom iconComponents	string		#FF0033
iconComponents	Optional object containing keys of ValidIcon and InvalidIcon with a React Node to be displayed in place of icon. Both icons required if used. Example: {ValidIcon: <img src="valid.png" />, InvalidIcon: <img src="invalid.png" />}	object

Available Classes

• .valid - Valid Message
• .invalid - Invalid Message

Contributing

PRs are welcome for additional functionality! See the Run Locally section below. Pull requests should include unit tests and potentially storybook stories to cover the updates. Thanks!

Run Locally

yarn to install dependencies.

yarn storybook