Python Getpass Module

Password input — getpass, getuser. This category documents 2 Python getpass module entries, and each page gives you the full syntax, the parameter list, the return value, and a runnable example. The entries include: getpass.getpass(), getpass.getuser(). getpass.getpass() prompts the user for a password without echoing the input. getpass.getuser() returns the current user's login name. Getpass Module belongs to the System & OS group alongside OS Module, Sys Module, Platform Module, Signal Module. You can also search across every category from the search page, browse the complete A–Z index, or try any example in the Python playground. Python Reference documents 978+ functions, methods, and modules across 114 categories of the standard library, and every entry in this Getpass Module category follows the same format — syntax first, then what it does, the parameters it accepts, what it returns, and a working code example — so once you have read one page you can read them all.