(Perl) 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.

For more information, see https://cknotes.com/chilkat-secrets-class-added-in-version-10-1-0/

Chilkat Perl Downloads Perl Module for Windows, MacOS, Linux, Alpine Linux, Solaris

use chilkat();

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

$secrets = chilkat::CkSecrets->new();

# On Windows, this is the Windows Credentials Manager
# On MacOS/iOS, it is the Apple Keychain
$secrets->put_Location("local_manager");

# Specify the secret to be fetched.
$json = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$json->UpdateString("appName","Test2");
$json->UpdateString("service","Custom");
$json->UpdateString("domain","Ocean");
$json->UpdateString("username","Starfish");

# Get the binary secret data.
$bd = chilkat::CkBinData->new();
$success = $secrets->GetSecretBd($json,$bd);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $secrets->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

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

print "Success." . "\r\n";