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IMAP Login Secure

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

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func chilkatTest() {
    var success: Bool = false

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

    let imap = CkoImap()!

    // Connect to an IMAP server..
    imap.ssl = true
    imap.port = 993
    success = imap.connect(hostname: "imap.mail.me.com")
    if success != true {
        print("\(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=="
    // }

    let json = CkoJsonObject()!
    json.loadFile(path: "qa_data/passwords/imap.json")

    let crypt = CkoCrypt2()!

    // 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(keyStr: "000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F", encoding: "hex")
    crypt.setEncodedIV(ivStr: "000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F", encoding: "hex")
    crypt.encodingMode = "base64"

    let ssLogin = CkoSecureString()!
    let ssPassword = CkoSecureString()!

    // 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(cipherText: json.string(of: "imap_login"), secureStr: ssLogin)
    crypt.decryptSecureENC(cipherText: json.string(of: "imap_password"), secureStr: ssPassword)

    // Pass the credentials to the LoginSecure method:
    success = imap.loginSecure(loginName: ssLogin, password: ssPassword)
    if success != true {
        print("\(imap.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    // ...

    imap.disconnect()

}