input: from typing import List
  
  def generate_password() -> str:
      """ Generate a random password consisting of 8 characters, which includes 
      uppercase letters, lowercase letters, and digits.
      >>> password = generate_password()
      >>> len(password) == 8 and all(c in string.ascii_letters + string.digits for c in password)
      True
      """
  
output:     
      import random
      import string
  
      password = ''.join(random.choices(string.ascii_letters + string.digits, k=8))
      return password
  