getpass is not working for spyder (Python)

Question

I'm trying to use getpass to hide the input but it just gives me this error:

"Warning: QtConsole does not support password mode, the text you type will be visible."

I'm using Spyder. Here is my code:

import getpass

pswd = getpass.getpass('Password:')

if pswd== 'whatever':
   print ('\nACCESS GRANTED') 
else:
   print('\nACCESS DENITED')

Answer 1

According to a comment by Carlos Cordoba (a developer for Spyder) on a duplicate but officially unanswered question, the warning you are receiving is a limitation of Spyder/QtConsole, not getpass. He suggests using an external terminal in Spyder:

[There is no workaround] that will run inside Spyder. You can go to Run > Configuration per file > Console and select the option called Execute in an external terminal to use an external terminal instead.

Answer 2

I went ahead and wrote the small snippet below based on @Carlos Cordoba comment that since Spyder is based in PyQt, you have that package for sure :

def prompt_password(user):
    """
    Parameters
    ----------
    user : user name

    Returns
    -------
    text : user input password
    """
    from PyQt5.QtWidgets import  QInputDialog, QLineEdit, QApplication
    from PyQt5.QtCore import QCoreApplication

    # Let's avoid to crash Qt-based dev environment (Spyder...)
    app = QCoreApplication.instance()
    if app is None:
        app = QApplication([])

    text, ok = QInputDialog.getText(
        None,
        "Credential",
        "user {}:".format(user),
        QLineEdit.Password)
    if ok and text:
        return text
    raise ValueError("Must specify a valid password")