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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.

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C
#include <C_CkSecrets.h>
#include <C_CkJsonObject.h>
#include <C_CkBinData.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkSecrets secrets;
    HCkJsonObject json;
    HCkBinData bd;

    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) {
        printf("%s\n",CkSecrets_lastErrorText(secrets));
        CkSecrets_Dispose(secrets);
        CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);
        CkBinData_Dispose(bd);
        return;
    }

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

    printf("Success.\n");


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

    }