repo_auth_key_get: Query or set repository password in the system credential...

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Query or set repository password in the system credential store

Description

Use pak's keyring functions to query or set a repository password in the system credential store.

Usage

repo_auth_key_get(url, username = NULL)

repo_auth_key_set(url, password, username = NULL)

repo_auth_unlock(keyring_password)

Arguments

url	Repository URL. It may contain a username, in which case username may be NULL.
username	User name, if it is not included in url.
password	Password (key) to set.
keyring_password	Password to unlock the keyring.

Details

repo_auth_key_get() retrieves a password from the default keyring. It errors if it cannot find the credentials for url.

repo_auth_key_set() adds or updates a password in the system credential store.

repo_auth_unlock() unlocks the default keyring, if it is locked. You might need this if the keyring is locked. If you are using ecrypted files to store the keys, then you typically need to call this function in each session. You typically don't need to do that if you are using the native Windows, macOS or Linux (Secret Service) backends.

Value

repo_auth_key_get() returns a single string, the repository password.

See Also

Other authenticated repositories: Authenticated repositories, repo_auth()

pak documentation built on June 8, 2025, 11:42 a.m.