Xojo Plugin

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.

Xojo Plugin

Dim success As Boolean
success = False

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

Dim secrets As New 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.
Dim json As New 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.
Dim bd As New Chilkat.BinData
success = secrets.GetSecretBd(json,bd)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(secrets.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

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

System.DebugLog("Success.")