PasswordInput

This class represents an HTML password input widget for secure data entry. It extends the standard input functionality by masking characters and provides an option to control whether the submitted value is re-rendered in the HTML output.

Attributes

Attribute	Type	Description
input_type	string = password	The HTML input type attribute used to mask user input for security.
template_name	string = django/forms/widgets/password.html	The file path to the HTML template used for rendering the password widget.
render_value	boolean = false	A boolean flag determining whether the widget should populate the input field with an existing value when re-rendered.

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Constructor

Signature

def PasswordInput(
    attrs: dict = None,
    render_value: boolean = False
) - > null

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
attrs	dict = None	A dictionary containing HTML attributes to be set on the rendered widget.
render_value	boolean = False	A boolean indicating whether the widget should render its value when the form is redisplayed (e.g., after a validation error).

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Signature

def PasswordInput(
    attrs: dict = None,
    render_value: boolean = False
) - > null

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
attrs	dict = None	A dictionary of HTML attributes to be added to the rendered input element.
render_value	boolean = False	A flag determining whether the widget should populate the password field with an existing value when rendering.

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Methods

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get_context()

@classmethod
def get_context(
    name: string,
    value: any,
    attrs: dict
) - > dict

Prepares the data context for rendering the widget template, optionally clearing the password value based on the render_value setting.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
name	string	The name of the form field to be used in the HTML name attribute.
value	any	The current value of the password field to be displayed, which may be cleared if render_value is False.
attrs	dict	Additional HTML attributes to be included in the rendered output.

Returns

Type	Description
dict	A dictionary containing the context variables required to render the password input template.

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