Is it possible to pass arguments to a task in Visual Studio Code

Question

Here\'s an example of my tasks.json:

{
  \"version\": \"0.1.0\",
  \"tasks\": [
    {
      \"taskName\": \"test\",
      \"suppressTaskName\":          


        

Answer 1

Regarding Input variables, VSCode 1.43 (Feb. 2020) adds a new feature:

promptString Password Input

The "promptString" "input" type can have "password": true, which will cause the quick input that shows to obscure the typed content like a password.