https://github.com/wrathematics/getPass

Password function for R with masking (where supported)
https://github.com/wrathematics/getPass

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Password function for R with masking (where supported)

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/wrathematics/getPass
• Owner: wrathematics
• License: other
• Created: 2016-02-19T21:02:19.000Z (over 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-12-10T21:25:39.000Z (12 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-07-20T12:05:02.913Z (4 months ago)
• Language: TeX
• Size: 373 KB
• Stars: 47
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 5
• Open Issues: 4
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: ChangeLog
  • Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
# getPass

* **Version:** 0.2-3

* **URL**: https://github.com/wrathematics/getPass

* **License:** [BSD 2-Clause](https://opensource.org/license/bsd-2-clause/)

* **Author:** Drew Schmidt and Wei-Chen Chen

**getPass** is an R package for reading user input with masking, i.e., the input is not displayed as it is typed.  This is obviously ideal for entering passwords.  There is also a secure password hashing function included; see the package vignette for more information.

Currently, RStudio, the command line (any OS), and platforms where the **tcltk** package is available are supported.  We believe this hits just about everything, but for unsupported platforms, non-masked reading (with a warning) is optionally available.  See the package vignette for more information.  You can view the vignette by entering:

```r

vignette("getPass", package="getPass")

```

into your R session.

## Installation

You can install the stable version from CRAN using the usual `install.packages()`:

```r

install.packages("getPass")

```

The development version is maintained on GitHub, and can easily be installed by any of the packages that offer installations from GitHub:

```r

### Pick your preference

devtools::install_github("wrathematics/getPass")

ghit::install_github("wrathematics/getPass")

remotes::install_github("wrathematics/getPass")

```

## Usage

```r

getPass::getPass()

```

or

```r

library(getPass)

getPass()

```

The function has several options available.  See `?getPass` for more information.