keyring (version 1.1.0)

backend_wincred: Create a Windows Credential Store keyring backend

Description

This backend is the default on Windows. It uses the native Windows Credential API, and needs at least Windows XP to run.

Usage

backend_wincred

Format

An object of class R6ClassGenerator of length 24.

Details

This backend supports multiple keyrings. Note that multiple keyrings are implemented in the keyring R package, using some dummy keyring keys that represent keyrings and their locked/unlocked state.

See backend for the documentation of the individual methods.

See Also

Other keyring backends: backend_env, backend_file, backend_macos, backend_secret_service

Examples

# NOT RUN {
## This only works on Windows
kb <- backend_wincred$new()
kb$create_keyring("foobar")
kb$set_default_keyring("foobar")
kb$set_with_value("service", password = "secret")
kb$get("service")
kb$delete("service")
kb$delete_keyring("foobar")
# }