How to use the Python getpass.getpass in PyCharm

Question

I have found getpass does not work in PyCharm. It just hangs.

In fact is seems msvcrt.getch and raw_input also don\'t work, so perhaps the issue is not with getpass

Answer 1

Unfortunately, getpass() tends to fail miserably (I tested it with IDLE and PyScripter without any success on Python 3.4). I would suggest using passwordbox from easygui - it works wonderfully provided you do not use ver. 0.98 (something is messed up there), it is safe to use ver. 0.96.

Download easygui ver. 0.96, unpack it to a temporary folder, and from that folder install it with:

python setup.py install

and use passwordbox in your program:

from easygui import passwordbox
password = passwordbox("PASSWORD:")