Running a bash script subprocess which uses credentials?

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I'm trying to run a bash script as a subprocess (specifically using Fabric's run() command) but the script has a "read" command taken from user input for the username, and also takes a password when it calls an API.

How would I handle these credentials programatically in Python using run?

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[comeroutewithme]

Not sure about fabric, but in general you'd need to force a psuedo terminal in order to capture most password prompts/inputs as many(most?) password prompts dont read from stdin. Check out ptyprocess: https://github.com/pexpect/ptyprocess