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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.

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Chilkat2 Perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use Chilkat2;

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

my $secrets = Chilkat2::Secrets->new;

# 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.
my $json = Chilkat2::JsonObject->new;
$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.
my $sb = Chilkat2::StringBuilder->new;
my $success = $secrets->GetSecretSb($json, $sb);
if (!$success) {
    print $secrets->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

print $sb->GetAsString(), "\n";
print "Success.\n";