netrc.authenticators()
netrc.authenticators() is a Python method in the Netrc Module category. Returns (login, account, password) tuple for a given host from .netrc. The syntax is netrc.authenticators(host). Returns: (login, account, password) or None. A typical example: creds = n.authenticators("api.example.com")
if creds:
user, _, pw = creds. A close sibling is netrc.netrc(), which parses the .netrc file for login credentials (host, login, password). More about this category: .netrc file parser — netrc, authenticators, hosts. Related Netrc Module entries: netrc.netrc(). This page is part of the free Python Reference documentation covering 978+ functions, methods, and modules with examples and parameter details. You can try netrc.authenticators() immediately in the Python playground, look up unfamiliar terms in the glossary, or return to the Python Reference homepage.