pwinput

library1.0.3pypypi✓ verified 86d ago

A cross-platform Python module that displays **** for password input. Works on Windows, unlike getpass. Formerly called stdiomask. Current version: 1.0.3, maintained by Al Sweigart, stable with low release cadence.

auth-security

pip install pwinput

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INSTALL

IMPORT

SIG · PWINPUT

pwinput

auth-securitypythonv1.0.3

Install

3.1s avg

Import

11ms

Disk

16MB

Pass rate

10/ 10

Env Coverage10 / 10

glibc

3.9–3.13

musl

3.9–3.13

Install & Compatibility

Where this runs

tested against v1.0.3 · pip install

no network on importno background threads

Install × environment matrix

Each cell = how many times install + import succeeded across repeated harness runs. Partial = flaky.
glibc = Debian/Ubuntu slim · musl = Alpine Linux

musl

py 3.10–3.95 runs

installs and imports cleanly · install 0.0s · import 0.012s · 17.8MB

glibc

py 3.10–3.95 runs

installs and imports cleanly · install 3.1s · import 0.010s · 18MB

16MB installed

● package 16MB

Code

Verified usage

Verified import paths — ran on the pinned version, not inferred.

pwinput

✓ import pwinput

Direct import of the module; main function is pwinput.pwinput()

pwinput function

✓ pwinput.pwinput()

✗ from stdiomask import getpass or import stdiomask

Library was renamed from stdiomask to pwinput; old imports will fail

mask input

✓ pwinput.pwinput(prompt='Password: ')

✗ pwinput.getpass(prompt='Password: ')

No getpass function; use pwinput()

Simple password input with asterisks masking.

import pwinput password = pwinput.pwinput(prompt='Password: ') print('You entered:', password)

Debug

Known issues

breakingLibrary renamed from stdiomask to pwinput. All old imports (import stdiomask) will break.

fix

Update imports to import pwinput and use pwinput.pwinput() instead of stdiomask.maskinput() or getpass.

affects: <=0.1 (stdiomask) to >=1.0.0

gotchapwinput() returns the entered password as a string; it does not echo newline on some terminals? Actually it does print newline. But be aware that if you call pwinput() without prompt, prompt defaults to 'Password: '.

fix

Use pwinput.pwinput(prompt='Enter your password: ') to customize.

affects: all

gotchaOn some systems, masking character may not be asterisk if locale or terminal doesn't support Unicode. It uses '*' by default.

fix

Pass mask='•' to change character.

affects: all

Errors

Common errors & fixes

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'stdiomask'

Library was renamed from stdiomask to pwinput.

fix

pip install pwinput and change import to import pwinput.

AttributeError: module 'pwinput' has no attribute 'getpass'

pwinput() is the main function; there is no getpass function.

fix

Use pwinput.pwinput() instead.

ValueError: The 'stream' argument is not supported by pwinput().

Some users try to pass a stream argument similar to getpass.getpass.

fix

pwinput does not support stream; remove that argument.

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Version history

1.0.3latest on PyPI · released Feb 16, 2023

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Resources

githubhttps://github.com/asweigart/pwinput ↗

packagehttps://pypi.org/project/pwinput/ ↗

homepagehttps://pypi.org/project/pwinput/ ↗