Password field using R Shiny framework

Question

I am planning to make a log-in for my application. For that I need a password field. I am not aware if shiny is even used for this purpose but still is it p

Answer 1

Also, in the meantime there's a native

passwordInput("passwd",label = "Enter password")

password input in shiny. This feature is available in shiny 0.11.1. Here's your reproducible example:

library(shiny)
shinyApp(ui = fluidPage(

tabPanel("Login",
       br(),
       tags$form(
         passwordInput("passwd",label = "Enter password"),
         submitButton("send passwd to shiny")
       ),
       textOutput("pwd")

 )
),
server = function(input, output,session) {

output$pwd <- renderText({
paste0("Your PW is: ",input$passwd)
})


})

Note, that the password is in the session then I am not so sure, how to erase the password from input$passwd after login was successful.