`@inquirer/password`

Interactive password input component for command line interfaces. Supports input validation and masked or transparent modes.

Password prompt

Installation

npm install @inquirer/password

yarn add @inquirer/password

import password from '@inquirer/password';

const answer = await password({ message: 'Enter your name' });

Property	Type	Required	Description
message	`string`	yes	The question to ask
mask	`boolean`	no	Show a `*` mask over the input or keep it transparent
validate	`string => boolean \| string \| Promise<string \| boolean>`	no	On submit, validate the filtered answered content. When returning a string, it'll be used as the error message displayed to the user. Note: returning a rejected promise, we'll assume a code error happened and crash.