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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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Tcl

load ./chilkat.dll

set success 0

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

set secrets [new_CkSecrets]

# On Windows, this is the Windows Credentials Manager
# On MacOS/iOS, it is the Apple Keychain
CkSecrets_put_Location $secrets "local_manager"

# Specify the secret to be fetched.
set json [new_CkJsonObject]

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.
set bd [new_CkBinData]

set success [CkSecrets_GetSecretBd $secrets $json $bd]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkSecrets_lastErrorText $secrets]
    delete_CkSecrets $secrets
    delete_CkJsonObject $json
    delete_CkBinData $bd
    exit
}

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

puts "Success."

delete_CkSecrets $secrets
delete_CkJsonObject $json
delete_CkBinData $bd