Node.js

IMAP Login Secure

Demonstrates how to use the LoginSecure method introduced in Chilkat v9.5.0.71. Node.js

NODEJS_PRELUDE

function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

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

    var imap = new chilkat.Imap();

    //  Connect to an IMAP server..
    imap.Ssl = true;
    imap.Port = 993;
    success = imap.Connect("imap.mail.me.com");
    if (success !== true) {
        console.log(imap.LastErrorText);
        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=="
    //  }

    var json = new chilkat.JsonObject();
    json.LoadFile("qa_data/passwords/imap.json");

    var crypt = new chilkat.Crypt2();

    //  These are the encryption settings we previously used to encrypt the credentials within the JSON config file.
    crypt.CryptAlgorithm = "aes";
    crypt.CipherMode = "cbc";
    crypt.KeyLength = 128;
    crypt.SetEncodedKey("000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F","hex");
    crypt.SetEncodedIV("000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F","hex");
    crypt.EncodingMode = "base64";

    var ssLogin = new chilkat.SecureString();
    var ssPassword = new chilkat.SecureString();

    //  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) {
        console.log(imap.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    //  ...

    imap.Disconnect();

}

chilkatExample();