Delphi DLL

Windows Credentials Manager / Apple Keychain - Get a Binary Secret

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On Windows, fetches the content of a binary secret from the Windows Credentials Manager.

On MacOS or iOS, fetches from the Apple Keychain.

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

Delphi DLL

uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Secrets, BinData, JsonObject;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
success: Boolean;
secrets: HCkSecrets;
json: HCkJsonObject;
bd: HCkBinData;

begin
success := False;

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

secrets := CkSecrets_Create();

// On Windows, this is the Windows Credentials Manager
// On MacOS/iOS, it is the Apple Keychain
CkSecrets_putLocation(secrets,'local_manager');

// Specify the secret to be fetched.
json := CkJsonObject_Create();
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'appName','Test2');
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'service','Custom');
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'domain','Ocean');
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'username','Starfish');

// Get the binary secret data.
bd := CkBinData_Create();
success := CkSecrets_GetSecretBd(secrets,json,bd);
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkSecrets__lastErrorText(secrets));
    Exit;
  end;

// For our testing, the binary secret was a JPG image..
CkBinData_WriteFile(bd,'c:/temp/qa_output/starfish.jpg');

Memo1.Lines.Add('Success.');

CkSecrets_Dispose(secrets);
CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);
CkBinData_Dispose(bd);

end;