script.py

import requests
import hashlib

def check_password(password):
    #get the hash of the input
    sha1_password = hashlib.sha1(password.encode('utf-8')).hexdigest().upper()
    #due to k anonimity, we grab the first 5 characters of our hashed password in one variable
    #and the rest in another variable
    head,tail = sha1_password[:5], sha1_password[5:]
    #print(head)
    try:
        api = 'https://api.pwnedpasswords.com/range/' + head
        response = requests.get(api)
        #print(response.text)
        if response.status_code != 200:
            raise Exception
    except:
        return {'success': 'Failed'}

    #we define our success message to display if our password has been hasned and its count to show how many times it has been breached
    status = {
                            'success': True,
                            'count': 0
                        }

    #we split the hashes at each line break
    for i in response.text.split("\n"):
    #we further split the hashes at the ":", giving us the count as the 1th item
        j= i.split(":")
        #we compare the first part of the split done above with the tail of our hashed password
        if j[0] == tail:
        #if the value of j[0] matches the tail of our hashed password, we update our status
            status["count"] = int(j[1])
            break
    return status
    
#check_password(input('enter a test password: '))