That works perfectly. I validated that the text isn't stored in the
notebook file and I am happy with the user interaction. Thank you!
John
On Monday, June 19, 2017 at 11:29:47 AM UTC-5, Matthias Bussonnier wrote:
>
> Hello John,
>
> When using the Python kernel you can use :
>
> ```
> from getpass import getpass
>
> password = getpass('prompt='What is your favorite color:')
> ```
>
> And that should work in the notebook, replacing what you type with *
> (always stored in the notebook as six stars, so leak not information).
> then `password` will be what you expect it to be[1], see the python
> documentation for getpass[2] as it is not a jupyter specific function.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> --
> Matthias
> [1]: Likely blue. No, red.
> [2]: https://docs.python.org/3/library/getpass.html
>
> On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 4:17 AM, John Omernik <[email protected]
> <javascript:>> wrote:
> > Is there an accepted way to request a runtime password that can be
> stored in
> > a variable in the running kernel for a notebook? The idea here is when a
> > user starts using a specific data source, it may require authentication.
> > Username is pretty easy, but I want to be able to prompt a user at
> > instantiation of a data source object for the password rather than have
> it
> > stored in a password. Now, I could put it in a cell, but the idea is I
> want
> > to be able to write a wrapper module for my org that allows any user
> running
> > the same notebook, to have the exact same code in the notebook execute
> on
> > the datasource with their individual credentials.
> >
> > So I have notebook A
> >
> > and I have users X and Y
> >
> >
> > User X creates the notebook, they do something like
> >
> > myds = instantiatedOrgDS()
> >
> > it reads the context of the user, and then prompts for the datasource
> > password from the user. They enter it in a box that doesn't echo the
> > password, it setups up the Data source into the object mysql
> >
> > next celll:
> >
> > results = myds.query("select * from the all_the_data")
> >
> > now the notebook has examples where the results are the same, as are the
> > queries. (as long as both users have access to the data source) but
> either
> > user can run the notebook and get the same results.
> >
> > The kicker is how to prompt for the password securely... any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > John
> >
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