C++

IMAP Login Secure

Demonstrates how to use the LoginSecure method introduced in Chilkat v9.5.0.71. C++

#include <CkImap.h>
#include <CkJsonObject.h>
#include <CkCrypt2.h>
#include <CkSecureString.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

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

    CkImap imap;

    //  Connect to an IMAP server..
    imap.put_Ssl(true);
    imap.put_Port(993);
    success = imap.Connect("imap.mail.me.com");
    if (success != true) {
        std::cout << imap.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    //  Imagine we've previously saved our encrypted login and password within a JSON config file
    //  that contains this:

    //  {
    //    "imap_login": "fLkxsfnVaIWLiL/R32jo6g==",
    //    "imap_password": "/NbaFBoCftBLFf8WBU9Xtw=="
    //  }

    CkJsonObject json;
    json.LoadFile("qa_data/passwords/imap.json");

    CkCrypt2 crypt;

    //  These are the encryption settings we previously used to encrypt the credentials within the JSON config file.
    crypt.put_CryptAlgorithm("aes");
    crypt.put_CipherMode("cbc");
    crypt.put_KeyLength(128);
    crypt.SetEncodedKey("000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F","hex");
    crypt.SetEncodedIV("000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F","hex");
    crypt.put_EncodingMode("base64");

    CkSecureString ssLogin;
    CkSecureString ssPassword;

    //  Decrypt to the secure string.  (the strings will still held in memory encrypted, but are now encrypted using
    //  a randomly generated session key.)
    crypt.DecryptSecureENC(json.stringOf("imap_login"),ssLogin);
    crypt.DecryptSecureENC(json.stringOf("imap_password"),ssPassword);

    //  Pass the credentials to the LoginSecure method:
    success = imap.LoginSecure(ssLogin,ssPassword);
    if (success != true) {
        std::cout << imap.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    //  ...

    imap.Disconnect();
    }