add optional user field to askForPassword()

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3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
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45/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
r
Domain
api

Research direction

Start by reading the existing askForPassword() and showPrompt() entry points to understand their argument conventions and dialog behavior. Decide which proposed interface fits the API, then verify that an optional username field, its prompt, and its default value behave as described when present and preserve the existing password-only behavior when absent.

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Description

It would be really convenient to be able to prompt for both username and password in a single dialog instead of using showPrompt() followed by askForPassword().

Perhaps:

askForPassword(prompt, visiblePrompt=NULL, default=NULL)

where a plain text field is displayed only if !is.null(visiblePrompt) and can optionally be prefilled with default as in showPrompt().

Another approach would be to add a separate function like:

askForUserPassword(userPrompt, passwordPrompt, default=NULL)

which would provide for a more natural ordering to the arguments.

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