getpass

getpass

Get a password from the terminal. Sounds simple? Sounds like the readline
module should be able to do it? NOPE.

Install and use it

``bash
npm install --save getpass
`

`javascript
const mod_getpass = require('getpass');
`

API

$3

Gets a password from the terminal. If available, this uses /dev/tty to avoid
interfering with any data being piped in or out of stdio.

This function prints a prompt (by default Password:) and then accepts input
without echoing.

Parameters:

* options, an Object, with properties:
* prompt, an optional String
* callback, a Func(error, password), with arguments:
* error, either null (no error) or an Error instance
* password`, a String