= Python GetPass =

'''`getpass`''' is a utility module for getting user input without printing to the screen.

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== Usage ==



=== GetPass ===

Get user input without printing to the screen.

{{{
import getpass

passwd = getpass.getpass(prompt='This is a prompt for your password: ')
}}}

The `prompt` anmed option defaults to `"Password: "`.

Internally the prompt is written to a file stream (`/dev/tty` by default, or `sys.stderr` if that is unavailable). This can be configured with the `stream` named option ''except on [[Windows]]''.

If a non-printing stream cannot be located, `getpass.getpass` falls back on `sys.stdin` and raises `getpass.GetPassWarning`.

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=== GetPassWarning ===

A `UserWarning` subclass that is raised when user input may be printed to the screen.

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=== GetUser ===

Returns the value of the first non-empty environment variable: `LOGNAME`, `USER`, `LNAME`, and `USERNAME`, in that order.

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== See also ==

[[https://docs.python.org/3/library/getpass.html|Python getpass module documentation]]

[[https://pymotw.com/3/getpass/|Python Module of the Day article for getpass]]



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