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Basic Keychain Access on Mac computers running Node.js

Build Status

This module adds methods for basic Keychain access in Node.js by way of the security command-line tool.

Requirements

  • Mac OS X 10.6+

Installation

npm install keychain

Examples

Generic Password Example

var keychain = require('keychain');

keychain.setPassword({ account: 'foo', service: 'FooBar', password: 'baz' }, function(err) {
  keychain.getPassword({ account: 'foo', service: 'FooBar' }, function(err, pass) {
    console.log('Password is', pass);
    // Prints: Password is baz
  });
});

Internet Password Example

var keychain = require('keychain');

keychain.setPassword({ account: 'foo', service: 'FooBar.com', type: 'internet', password: 'baz' }, function(err) {
  keychain.getPassword({ account: 'foo', service: 'FooBar.com', type: 'internet' }, function(err, pass) {
    console.log('Password is', pass);
    // Prints: Password is baz
  });
});

Usage

The available

keychain.setPassword(options[, callback]);
keychain.getPassword(options, callback);
keychain.deletePassword(options[, callback]);
keychain.createKeychain(options[, callback]);
keychain.deleteKeychain(options[, callback]);
keychain.setDefaultKeychain(options[, callback]);

Options

Available params you can pass to the options object:

Param Description
account Specify account name (required)
service Specify service name (required)
password Specify password to be added (required for setPassword)
type The type of password to get or save. Supported values are generic and internet. See docs. Default: generic
keychainName Specify the name of the keychain (required for 'createKeychain' and 'deleteKeychain')

Contributors

The following are the major contributors of node-keychain (in no specific order).

License

(The MIT License)

Copyright (c) 2013-2023 Nicholas Penree <[email protected]>

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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