how I change this code to use a txt file instead of URL

Question

from urllib.request import urlopen, hashlib

sha1hash = input("Please input the hash to crack.\n>")

LIST_OF_COMMON_PASSWORDS=str(urlopen('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/danielmiessler/SecLists/master/Passwords/Common-Credentials/10-million-password-list-top-10000.txt').read(), 'utf-8')

for guess in LIST_OF_COMMON_PASSWORDS.split('\n'):

hashedGuess = hashlib.sha1(bytes(guess, 'utf-8')).hexdigest()

if hashedGuess == sha1hash:

print("The password is ", str(guess))
quit()
elif hashedGuess != sha1hash:
print("Password guess ",str(guess)," does not match, trying next...")

print("Password not in database, we'll get them next time.")

Answer 1

NS7 ,

instead of using the python *path* module, we can use the python module *pathlib*, that offers object-oriented filesystem paths.
https://docs.python.org/3/library/pathlib.html#module-pathlib

> for reading from a txt file, we also need to use the built-in function *open()* .
https://www.sololearn.com/learn/Python/2445/?ref=app
https://www.sololearn.com/learn/Python/2447/?ref=app
https://www.sololearn.com/learn/Python/2446/?ref=app
https://www.sololearn.com/learn/Python/2448/?ref=app

Answer 2

You would need to use a path if the txt file on your machine. Check out the os library for using paths:

https://docs.python.org/3/library/os.path.html