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Windows Credentials Manager - AutoSplit Larger Secrets

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Secrets stored in the Windows Credentials Manager can be a maximum of 2560 bytes in size. If the content of the secret is too large for the Windows Credential Manager, Chilkat will automatically split the secret into parts and store a shorter JSON manifest.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v10.1.0 or later.

Unicode C

#include <C_CkSecretsW.h>
#include <C_CkJsonObjectW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkSecretsW secrets;
    HCkJsonObjectW json;
    HCkJsonObjectW jsonSecret;

    success = FALSE;

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

    secrets = CkSecretsW_Create();

    //  The default value of AutoSplit is TRUE.
    //  Note: AutoSplit only applies when the secret location is "local_manager"
    //  and the app is running on the Windows OS.  All other secret locations, such as Apple Keychain,
    //  AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, etc. don't have limitations that are so small.
    CkSecretsW_putAutoSplit(secrets,TRUE);

    //  On Windows, this is the Windows Credentials Manager
    //  On MacOS/iOS, it is the Apple Keychain
    //  (This example is explaining how a secret too large for the Windows Credential Manager
    //  is automatically compressed and split into parts if needed.)
    CkSecretsW_putLocation(secrets,L"local_manager");

    //  Specify the name of the secret.
    //  service and username are required.
    //  appName and domain are optional.
    //  Note: The values are arbitrary and can be anything you want.
    json = CkJsonObjectW_Create();
    CkJsonObjectW_UpdateString(json,L"appName",L"AA_MyApp");
    CkJsonObjectW_UpdateString(json,L"service",L"OAuth2");
    CkJsonObjectW_UpdateString(json,L"domain",L"onedrive");
    CkJsonObjectW_UpdateString(json,L"username",L"matt");

    //  Get the secret to be stored.
    jsonSecret = CkJsonObjectW_Create();
    success = CkJsonObjectW_LoadFile(jsonSecret,L"qa_data/tokens/oneDrive.json");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkJsonObjectW_lastErrorText(jsonSecret));
        CkSecretsW_Dispose(secrets);
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(jsonSecret);
        return;
    }

    //  Note: The oneDrive.json file we used for testing is 4824 bytes in size,
    //  which exceeds the maximum size (2560 bytes) allowed by the Windows Credentials Manager.

    //  When the size is too large, Chilkat will first compress the content of the secret.
    //  If the compressed size is small enough, then it is stored compressed without splitting.
    //  Otherwise the compressed data is split

    //  Your application does not need to know how the secret is stored in the Windows Credentials Manager.
    //  When fetching the secret, Chilkat automatically decompresses and re-composes from parts.

    //  Create or update the secret.
    success = CkSecretsW_UpdateSecretJson(secrets,json,jsonSecret);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkSecretsW_lastErrorText(secrets));
        CkSecretsW_Dispose(secrets);
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(jsonSecret);
        return;
    }

    //  This is the auto-split secret viewed in the Windows Credentials Manager:
    //  

    //  Note: If you delete the auto-split secret by calling Chilkat's DeleteSecret method,
    //  the parts are automatically deleted.
    //  Also, if you update the secret, the old parts are automatically deleted and new parts are created.

    wprintf(L"Success\n");


    CkSecretsW_Dispose(secrets);
    CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
    CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(jsonSecret);

    }