{"id":104120,"date":"2017-12-11T10:32:21","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T10:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webkul.com\/blog\/?p=104120"},"modified":"2024-02-23T10:38:35","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T10:38:35","slug":"how-to-create-an-obscure-field-in-admin-configuration-in-magento2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webkul.com\/blog\/how-to-create-an-obscure-field-in-admin-configuration-in-magento2\/","title":{"rendered":"How to create a password type field in admin configuration in magento2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
To create a field as password type in which input text is abstruse at admin configuration<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Use obscure<\/strong> as the field type and<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Magento\\Config\\Model\\Config\\Backend\\Encrypted <\/strong>as the backend_model<\/p>\n\n\n\n
after that you see that in configuration at admin panel a text field is created under name “Api key”<\/strong> and when you put or type some value in it then it will show as a password with dot sign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Actually, obscure field type encrypts<\/strong> the value of fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To get the decrypted value of configuration’s obscure type field we will have to use<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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