Visual Basic 6.0

Example: Secrets.SecretSpecToJson method

Demonstrates the SecretSpecToJson method. This method converts a secret specification string to the JSON required to create or lookup the secret. Visual Basic 6.0

Dim success As Long
success = 0

Dim secrets As New ChilkatSecrets
Dim json As New ChilkatJsonObject
json.EmitCompact = 0

' A secret name can include up to 4 components:
' [appName] / service / [domain] / username

' This example will demonstrate secret specification strings
' for each possible combination.

' ------------------------------------------------------
' 1: service + username
Dim sspec As String
sspec = "!!imap|john@example.com"

success = secrets.SecretSpecToJson(sspec,json)
Debug.Print json.Emit()

' Result:
' {
'   "service": "imap",
'   "username": "john@example.com"
' }

' ------------------------------------------------------
' 2: appName + service + username
sspec = "!!myApp|imap|john@example.com"

success = secrets.SecretSpecToJson(sspec,json)
Debug.Print json.Emit()

' Result:
' {
'   "appName": "myApp",
'   "service": "imap",
'   "username": "john@example.com"
' }

' ------------------------------------------------------
' 3: service + domain + username
sspec = "!!|imap|imap.example.com|john"

success = secrets.SecretSpecToJson(sspec,json)
Debug.Print json.Emit()

' Result:
' {
'   "service": "imap",
'   "domain": "imap.example.com",
'   "username": "john"
' }

' ------------------------------------------------------
' 4: appName + service + domain + username
sspec = "!!myApp|imap|imap.example.com|john"

success = secrets.SecretSpecToJson(sspec,json)
Debug.Print json.Emit()

' Result:
' {
'   "appName": "myApp",
'   "service": "imap",
'   "domain": "imap.example.com",
'   "username": "john"
' }