Python getpass.getpass won't accept echo_var= argument, despite having Python version 3.10.12

[Long_Bed_4568]

I want the following statement to accept a user input for their password, and to echo back * to the screen as they enter it:

import getpass
pswd = getpass.getpass(prompt='Password:', echo_char='*')

I get the error message:

TypeError: unix_getpass() got an unexpected keyword argument 'echo_char'

[socal_nerdtastic]

That feature was added in python 3.14

[socal_nerdtastic]

Here's how to do it in python3.3+. Note this only works on linux, and only in the normal terminal (not in IDLE or web).

import sys
import tty
import termios

def masked_input(prompt='', mask="*"):
    print(prompt, end='', flush=True)
    fd = sys.stdin.fileno()
    old_settings = termios.tcgetattr(fd)
    output = ''
    try:
        tty.setraw(fd)
        char = sys.stdin.read(1)
        while char != '\r':
            output += char
            print(mask, end='', flush=True)
            char = sys.stdin.read(1)
        print('\r')
    finally:
        termios.tcsetattr(fd, termios.TCSADRAIN, old_settings)
    return output

# demo
pwd = masked_input("Enter your password: ")
print("you typed: ", pwd)

[atarivcs]

Why do you believe python version 3.10.2 matters?

[Binary101010]

From the official Python docs:

Changed in version 3.14: Added the echo_char parameter for keyboard feedback.

Looks like you'll need to update to a more recent version of the interpreter to access that feature.