(Visual Basic 6.0) Windows Credentials Manager / Apple Keychain - List All Secrets

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On Windows, lists all secrets in the Windows Credentials Manager.

On MacOS or iOS, lists all secrets in 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/

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

Dim secrets As New ChilkatSecrets

' On Windows, this is the Windows Credentials Manager
' On MacOS/iOS, it is the Apple Keychain
secrets.Location = "local_manager"

' Pass an empty JSON object to list all secrets.
Dim json As New ChilkatJsonObject

Dim results As New ChilkatJsonObject
results.EmitCompact = 0

Dim success As Long
success = secrets.ListSecrets(json,results)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print secrets.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.Print results.Emit()

' Sample output on Windows (listing all secrets contained in the Windows Credentials Manager)
' The "targetName" is purely informational and indicates the raw TargetName of the secret (i.e. Credential) stored in the Credentials Manager.
' Code for parsing (iterating) the JSON results is shown below..

' {
'   "secrets": [
'     {
'       "appName": "Test",
'       "service": "MyService",
'       "domain": "Xyz",
'       "username": "MySecret",
'       "targetName": "Test/MyService/Xyz/MySecret"
'     },
'     {
'       "appName": "Chilkat",
'       "service": "TestSplit",
'       "domain": "local",
'       "username": "Matt",
'       "targetName": "Chilkat/TestSplit/local/Matt"
'     },
'     {
'       "appName": "Test2",
'       "service": "Custom",
'       "domain": "Ocean",
'       "username": "Starfish20",
'       "targetName": "Test2/Custom/Ocean/Starfish20"
'     },
'     {
'       "service": "VS Code Azure",
'       "domain": "",
'       "username": "Azure",
'       "targetName": "VS Code Azure/Azure"
'     },
'     {
'       "appName": "Test2",
'       "service": "Custom",
'       "domain": "Ocean",
'       "username": "Starfish",
'       "targetName": "Test2/Custom/Ocean/Starfish"
'     },
'     {
'       "appName": "AA_MyApp",
'       "service": "OAuth2",
'       "domain": "onedrive",
'       "username": "matt",
'       "targetName": "AA_MyApp/OAuth2/onedrive/matt"
'     }
'   ]
' }

' ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
' Here's sample output for listing secrets on MacOS
' Some are secrets created using Chilkat's API, others are pre-existing secrets.
' The "keyChainService" and "keyChainAccount" members are purely informational and show the raw Apple Keychain Service and Account information for the secret.

' {
'   "secrets": [
'     {
'       "service": "com.apple.scopedbookmarksagent.xpc",
'       "username": "com.apple.scopedbookmarksagent.xpc",
'       "keyChainService": "com.apple.scopedbookmarksagent.xpc",
'       "keyChainAccount": "com.apple.scopedbookmarksagent.xpc"
'     },
'     {
'       "service": "StandaloneBeacon",
'       "username": "searchparty",
'       "keyChainService": "StandaloneBeacon",
'       "keyChainAccount": "searchparty"
'     },
'     {
'       "service": "BeaconStore",
'       "username": "BeaconStoreKey",
'       "keyChainService": "BeaconStore",
'       "keyChainAccount": "BeaconStoreKey"
'     },
'     {
'       "service": "LocalStorage",
'       "username": "findmylocate",
'       "keyChainService": "LocalStorage",
'       "keyChainAccount": "findmylocate"
'     },
'     {
'       "service": "ProtectedCloudStorage",
'       "username": "default",
'       "keyChainService": "ProtectedCloudStorage",
'       "keyChainAccount": "default"
'     },
'     {
'       "service": "CloudStorage",
'       "username": "findmylocate",
'       "keyChainService": "CloudStorage",
'       "keyChainAccount": "findmylocate"
'     },
'     {
'       "service": "CloudKitCache",
'       "username": "FindMyCloudKit",
'       "keyChainService": "CloudKitCache",
'       "keyChainAccount": "FindMyCloudKit"
'     },
'     {
'       "service": "com.apple.continuity.encryption",
'       "username": "handoff-own-encryption-key",
'       "keyChainService": "com.apple.continuity.encryption",
'       "keyChainAccount": "handoff-own-encryption-key"
'     },
'     {
'       "service": "com.apple.NetworkServiceProxy.ProxyToken",
'       "username": "CloudFlare",
'       "keyChainService": "com.apple.NetworkServiceProxy.ProxyToken",
'       "keyChainAccount": "CloudFlare"
'     },
'     {
'       "appName": "Chilkat",
'       "service": "çözツ新",
'       "domain": "local",
'       "username": "Matt",
'       "keyChainService": "Chilkat/çözツ新",
'       "keyChainAccount": "local/Matt"
'     },
'     {
'       "service": "AirPort",
'       "username": "FP Public WiFi",
'       "keyChainService": "AirPort",
'       "keyChainAccount": "FP Public WiFi"
'     }
'   ]
' }

' ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
' Here's sample code for parsing the JSON list of secrets.

Dim appName As String
Dim service As String
Dim domain As String
Dim username As String
Dim targetName As String
Dim keyChainService As String
Dim keyChainAccount As String

Dim i As Long
i = 0
Dim count_i As Long
count_i = results.SizeOfArray("secrets")
Do While i < count_i
    results.I = i
    appName = results.StringOf("secrets[i].appName")
    service = results.StringOf("secrets[i].service")
    domain = results.StringOf("secrets[i].domain")
    username = results.StringOf("secrets[i].username")
    targetName = results.StringOf("secrets[i].targetName")
    keyChainService = results.StringOf("secrets[i].keyChainService")
    keyChainAccount = results.StringOf("secrets[i].keyChainAccount")
    i = i + 1
Loop