Get password from input using node.js

Question

How to get password from input using node.js? Which means you should not output password entered in console.

Answer 1

To do this I found this excellent Google Group post

Which contains the following snippet:

var stdin = process.openStdin()
  , stdio = process.binding("stdio")
stdio.setRawMode()

var password = ""
stdin.on("data", function (c) {
  c = c + ""
  switch (c) {
    case "\n": case "\r": case "\u0004":
      stdio.setRawMode(false)
      console.log("you entered: "+password)
      stdin.pause()
      break
    case "\u0003":
      process.exit()
      break
    default:
      password += c
      break
  }
})