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Windows Credentials Manager / Apple Keychain - List Matching Secrets

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List secrets matching one or more wildcarded names for app, service, domain, and username.

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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');

# Set wildcarded or exact values for appName, service, domain, and username.
# Omit any members where anything is allowed to match, or alternatively specify "*" to match anything.
my $jsonMatch = Chilkat2::JsonObject->new;
$jsonMatch->UpdateString('appName', 'Test*');
$jsonMatch->UpdateString('service', '*');
$jsonMatch->UpdateString('domain', '*');
$jsonMatch->UpdateString('username', 'Starfish*');

my $results = Chilkat2::JsonObject->new;
$results->EmitCompact(0);

my $success = $secrets->ListSecrets($jsonMatch, $results);
if (!$success) {
    print $secrets->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

print $results->Emit(), "\n";

# Sample output on Windows.
# The "targetName" is purely informational and indicates the raw TargetName of the secret (i.e. Credential) stored in the Credentials Manager.

# {
#   "secrets": [
#     {
#       "appName": "Test2",
#       "service": "Custom",
#       "domain": "Ocean",
#       "username": "Starfish20",
#       "targetName": "Test2/Custom/Ocean/Starfish20"
#     },
#     {
#       "appName": "Test2",
#       "service": "Custom",
#       "domain": "Ocean",
#       "username": "Starfish",
#       "targetName": "Test2/Custom/Ocean/Starfish"
#     }
#   ]
# }

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Here's sample code for parsing the JSON list of secrets.

my $appName = '';
my $service = '';
my $domain = '';
my $username = '';
my $targetName = '';
my $keyChainService = '';
my $keyChainAccount = '';

my $i = 0;
my $count_i = $results->SizeOfArray('secrets');
while ($i < $count_i) {
    $results->I($i);
    $appName = $results->StringOf('secrets[i].appName');
    $service = $results->StringOf('secrets[i].service');
    $domain = $results->StringOf('secrets[i].domain');
    $username = $results->StringOf('secrets[i].username');
    # Information field for Windows Credentials Manager.
    $targetName = $results->StringOf('secrets[i].targetName');
    # Informational fields if on MacOS using the Apple Keychain.
    $keyChainService = $results->StringOf('secrets[i].keyChainService');
    $keyChainAccount = $results->StringOf('secrets[i].keyChainAccount');
    $i = $i + 1;
}