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Windows Credentials Manager / Apple Keychain - Get a String Secret to a StringBuilder

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On Windows, fetches the content of a text 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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bool success = false;

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

Chilkat.Secrets secrets = new Chilkat.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.
Chilkat.JsonObject json = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
json.UpdateString("appName","MyApp");
json.UpdateString("service","OAuth2");
json.UpdateString("domain","onedrive");
json.UpdateString("username","matt");

//  Append the content of the secret to a Chilkat StringBuilder object.
Chilkat.StringBuilder sb = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
success = secrets.GetSecretSb(json,sb);
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(secrets.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Debug.WriteLine(sb.GetAsString());
Debug.WriteLine("Success.");