getpass

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getpass

Go library that provides support for reading passwords on the command-line.

• Simple, easy to use
• Supports POSIX systems via termios API and Windows via _getch API

Installation

$ go get github.com/dgiagio/getpass

Example usage

import (
	"fmt"
	"github.com/dgiagio/getpass"
)

pass, _ := getpass.GetPassword("Password: ")
fmt.Printf("Entered password: %s\n", pass)

Documentation

Overview

Package getpass provides support for reading passwords on the command-line.

Index

• func GetPassword(prompt string) (pass string, err error)

Functions

func GetPassword

func GetPassword(prompt string) (pass string, err error)

GetPassword displays a prompt to the user and reads the password from standard input without echoing on the screen.