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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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Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

success = 0

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

set secrets = CreateObject("Chilkat.Secrets")

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

' Specify the secret to be fetched.
set json = CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = json.UpdateString("appName","Test2")
success = json.UpdateString("service","Custom")
success = json.UpdateString("domain","Ocean")
success = json.UpdateString("username","Starfish")

' Get the binary secret data.
set bd = CreateObject("Chilkat.BinData")
success = secrets.GetSecretBd(json,bd)
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(secrets.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' For our testing, the binary secret was a JPG image..
success = bd.WriteFile("c:/temp/qa_output/starfish.jpg")

outFile.WriteLine("Success.")

outFile.Close