B4X

Windows Credentials Manager / Apple Keychain - Get a Binary Secret

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On Windows, fetches the content of a binary secret from the Windows Credentials Manager.

On MacOS or iOS, fetches from the Apple Keychain.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v10.1.0 or later.

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Dim success As Boolean = False

'  This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
'  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

Dim secrets As ChilkatSecrets
secrets.Initialize("secrets")

'  On Windows, this is the Windows Credentials Manager
'  On MacOS/iOS, it is the Apple Keychain
secrets.Location = "local_manager"

'  Specify the secret to be fetched.
Dim json As ChilkatJsonObject
json.Initialize
json.UpdateString("appName", "Test2")
json.UpdateString("service", "Custom")
json.UpdateString("domain", "Ocean")
json.UpdateString("username", "Starfish")

'  Get the binary secret data.
Dim bd As ChilkatBinData
bd.Initialize
success = secrets.GetSecretBd(json, bd)
If success = False Then
    Log(secrets.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  For our testing, the binary secret was a JPG image..
bd.WriteFile("c:/temp/qa_output/starfish.jpg")

Log("Success.")