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Xojo Plugin

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.

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Dim success As Boolean
success = False

Dim secrets As New Chilkat.Secrets
Dim json As New Chilkat.JsonObject
json.EmitCompact = False

// 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)
System.DebugLog(json.Emit())

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

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

success = secrets.SecretSpecToJson(sspec,json)
System.DebugLog(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)
System.DebugLog(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)
System.DebugLog(json.Emit())

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