Perl Requires Chilkat v10.1.0+

Windows Credentials Manager / Apple Keychain - Get a String Secret

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

On MacOS or iOS, fetches from the Apple Keychain.

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', 'Test2');
$json->UpdateString('service', 'Something');
$json->UpdateString('domain', 'Xyz');
$json->UpdateString('username', 'Abc');

# Get the secret.
my $secretValue = $secrets->GetSecretStr($json);
if (!$secrets->LastMethodSuccess) {
    print $secrets->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'The content of the secret: ', $secretValue, "\n";
print "Success.\n";