Entering password programmatically in ssh2 nodejs - node.js

Question

I'm using ssh2 nodejs client (https://github.com/mscdex/ssh2)
I'm trying to do the following:
SSH into box.
Login to docker.
It will re-prompt for password. Enter that password.
I'm failing on 3rd step.
This is my code
var Client = require('ssh2').Client;
var conn = new Client();
conn.on('ready', function() {
console.log('Client :: ready');
conn.exec('sudo docker ps', {pty: true}, function(err, stream) {
if (err) throw err;
stream.on('close', function(code, signal) {
conn.end();
// data comes here
}).on('data', function(data) {
console.log('STDOUT: ' + data);
}).stderr.on('data', function(data) {
console.log('STDERR: ' + data);
});
// stream.end(user.password+'\n');
^^ If i do this, it will work but I won't be able to do anything else afterwards
});
}).connect({
host: 'demo.landingpage.com',
username: 'demo',
password: 'testuser!'
});
How do I enter the password programmatically? (I'm already using {pty: true} while doing conn.exec
Please enlighten!

Answer 1

Assuming your stream is a duplex stream, you have the possibility to write into the stream without ending it by writing
.on('data', (data) => {
stream.write(user.password+'\n');
}
or you can use an cb function
function write(data, cb) {
if (!stream.write(data)) {
stream.once('drain', cb);
} else {
process.nextTick(cb);
}
}
and
.on('data', (data) => {
write(user.password+ '\n', () => {
console.log('done');
}
});