Python: how to conceal input

Question

How do you conceal the input of raw_input? For example, I want:

password = raw_input("Password: ")

To be

Password: ********
#or
Password: #hide the characters (i.e. no echo)

Instead of displaying the string. How can I do so?

Answer 1

Use getpass:

import getpass

password = getpass.getpass('Password: ')