You can use the following code. It basically uses Java's console() if present (note that console may not be present all the time) else use raw_input() and password masking logic.
# if console is not available (ex: when invoked from a shell script or another java process)
# we need to fall back to use raw_input, but we should mask the password if we use it
import sys, thread, time, threading
from java.lang import String
def getPass(stream=None):
console = java.lang.System.console()
if console is None:
global p_stopMasking
if not stream:
stream = sys.stderr
try:
p_stopMasking = 0
threading.Thread(target=_doMasking,args=(stream,)).start()
password = raw_input()
p_stopMasking = 1
except Exception, e:
p_stopMasking = 1
print "Error Occured"
print e
exit()
else:
password = console.readPassword()
return String.valueOf(password)
def _doMasking(stream):
while not p_stopMasking:
stream.write("\010*")
#stream.write("\n")
stream.flush()
time.sleep(0.01)
def populateCredentials():
global username
global password
print 'Enter username:'
username = raw_input();
print 'Enter password:'
password = getPass(sys.stdout);
# start main
print 'start program...'
p_stopMasking= 1
username = None
password = None
populateCredentials()
print 'username is : ' + username
print 'password is : ' + password