Tool to generate One-Time Passwords and copy them to clipboard
PyPI package: ppotp
A recommended way of installing the tool is pip install.
Once installed, a command line tool otp should be available in your system's PATH.
The tool is available in PyPI and can be installed using pip:
$ pip install --user ppotp
$ otp --help
$ otp --help
usage: otp [--version] [--help] [--debug] [-l] [key]
Tool to generate One-Time Passwords and copy them to clipboard
positional arguments:
key key or service name from ~/.otpkeys
optional arguments:
--version show program's version number and exit
--help show this help message and exit
--debug debugging mode
-l, --list list services from ~/.otpkeys
$ otp BEXUS3AVCUU7HYU4OZQ44WFXMULPNQB2TKQ4YCNUASPXMPEH6YAZ3IACFM5VEGUQ
770400
You can save your keys to ~/.otpkeys file using service=key format, for
example:
$ cat ~/.otpkeys
aws=N5VEJBTUA553BYJTTTUGS3GANKVDECG62RHVIOV2FLYR5THC726ZOIOF4SQZZ5NV
google=QYDL7HS7LHPVKX7GGYKYIP3UEYOML2IENWYQD5NHYGETBZIRWWODKQWC3PRNQ3FO
facebook=ZBSLA3KGE4PEXCEGIJ57AKJLOHW2S3ABQNOOWZVV3HOO4Q3455BOG6BRNU5M2QK4
To list services defined in ~/.otpkeys:
$ otp --list
aws
google
facebook
To generate OTP for a service:
$ otp {service}
Example:
$ otp aws
443782
$ otp google
760698
$ otp facebook
009176
The tool attempts to automatically copy successfully generated code to the clipboard. It uses pyperclip module for cross-platform copying text to the clipboard.
Example:
$ otp cloud
324982
At this point, provided your system supports it, the above OTP should be in the clipboard.
Pyperclip uses various mechanisms to copy text to the clipboard. If your system is missing them, you may see a debug message that says:
Pyperclip could not find a copy/paste mechanism for your system.
For more information, please visit https://pyperclip.readthedocs.io/en/latest/introduction.html#not-implemented-error
Currently, this error should only appear on Linux (not Windows or Mac).
Please check this guide for more information on how to fix this.