SecretSchema

SecretSchema — Schema for defining which attributes are on items

Synopsis

#include <secret/secret.h>

                    SecretSchema;
enum                SecretSchemaFlags;
                    SecretSchemaAttribute;
enum                SecretSchemaAttributeType;
SecretSchema *      secret_schema_new                   (const gchar *name,
                                                         SecretSchemaFlags flags,
                                                         GHashTable *attributes);
SecretSchema *      secret_schema_ref                   (SecretSchema *schema);
void                secret_schema_unref                 (SecretSchema *schema);

Description

Each password is associated with a set of attributes. Attribute values can be either strings, integers or booleans.

The names and types of allowed attributes for a given password are defined with a schema.

Additional schemas can be defined via the SecretSchema structure like this:

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/* in a header: */

const SecretSchema * example_get_schema (void) G_GNUC_CONST;

#define EXAMPLE_SCHEMA  example_get_schema ()


/* in a .c file: */

const SecretSchema *
example_get_schema (void)
{
    static const SecretSchema the_schema = {
        "org.example.Password", SECRET_SCHEMA_NONE,
        {
            {  "number", SECRET_SCHEMA_ATTRIBUTE_INTEGER },
            {  "string", SECRET_SCHEMA_ATTRIBUTE_STRING },
            {  "even", SECRET_SCHEMA_ATTRIBUTE_BOOLEAN },
            {  "NULL", 0 },
        }
    };
    return &the_schema;
}

stability: Stable

Details

SecretSchema

typedef struct {
	const gchar *name;
	SecretSchemaFlags flags;
	SecretSchemaAttribute attributes[32];
} SecretSchema;

Represents a set of attributes that are stored with an item. These schemas are used for interoperability between various services storing the same types of items.

Each schema has a name like "org.gnome.keyring.NetworkPassword", and defines a set of attributes, and types (string, integer, boolean) for those attributes.

Attributes are stored as strings in the Secret Service, and the attribute types simply define standard ways to store integer and boolean values as strings.

Schemas are handled entirely on the client side by this library. The name of the schema is automatically stored as an attribute on the item.

Normally when looking up passwords only those with matching schema names are returned. If the schema flags contain the SECRET_SCHEMA_DONT_MATCH_NAME flag, then lookups will not check that the schema name matches that on the item, only the schema's attributes are matched. This is useful when you are looking up items that are not stored by the libsecret library. Other libraries such as libgnome-keyring don't store the schema name.

stability: Stable

const gchar *name;

the dotted name of the schema

SecretSchemaFlags flags;

flags for the schema

SecretSchemaAttribute attributes[32];

the attribute names and types of those attributes

enum SecretSchemaFlags

typedef enum {
	SECRET_SCHEMA_NONE = 0,
	SECRET_SCHEMA_DONT_MATCH_NAME = 1 << 1
} SecretSchemaFlags;

Flags for a SecretSchema definition.

SECRET_SCHEMA_NONE

no flags for the schema

SECRET_SCHEMA_DONT_MATCH_NAME

don't match the schema name when looking up or removing passwords

SecretSchemaAttribute

typedef struct {
	const gchar* name;
	SecretSchemaAttributeType type;
} SecretSchemaAttribute;

An attribute in a SecretSchema.

const gchar *name;

name of the attribute

SecretSchemaAttributeType type;

the type of the attribute

enum SecretSchemaAttributeType

typedef enum {
	SECRET_SCHEMA_ATTRIBUTE_STRING = 0,
	SECRET_SCHEMA_ATTRIBUTE_INTEGER = 1,
	SECRET_SCHEMA_ATTRIBUTE_BOOLEAN = 2,
} SecretSchemaAttributeType;

The type of an attribute in a SecretSchema. Attributes are stored as strings in the Secret Service, and the attribute types simply define standard ways to store integer and boolean values as strings.

SECRET_SCHEMA_ATTRIBUTE_STRING

a utf-8 string attribute

SECRET_SCHEMA_ATTRIBUTE_INTEGER

an integer attribute, stored as a decimal

SECRET_SCHEMA_ATTRIBUTE_BOOLEAN

a boolean attribute, stored as 'true' or 'false'

secret_schema_new ()

SecretSchema *      secret_schema_new                   (const gchar *name,
                                                         SecretSchemaFlags flags,
                                                         GHashTable *attributes);

Using this function is not normally necessary from C code. This is useful for constructing SecretSchema structures in bindings.

A schema represents a set of attributes that are stored with an item. These schemas are used for interoperability between various services storing the same types of items.

Each schema has an name like "org.gnome.keyring.NetworkPassword", and defines a set of attributes names, and types (string, integer, boolean) for those attributes.

Each key in the attributes table should be a attribute name strings, and the values in the table should be integers from the SecretSchemaAttributeType enumeration, representing the attribute type for each attribute name.

Normally when looking up passwords only those with matching schema names are returned. If the schema flags contain the SECRET_SCHEMA_DONT_MATCH_NAME flag, then lookups will not check that the schema name matches that on the item, only the schema's attributes are matched. This is useful when you are looking up items that are not stored by the libsecret library. Other libraries such as libgnome-keyring don't store the schema name.

name :

the dotted name of the schema

flags :

the flags for the schema

attributes :

the attribute names and types of those attributes. [element-type utf8 Secret.SchemaAttributeType]

Returns :

the new schema, which should be unreferenced with secret_schema_unref() when done. [transfer full]

secret_schema_ref ()

SecretSchema *      secret_schema_ref                   (SecretSchema *schema);

Adds a reference to the SecretSchema.

It is not normally necessary to call this function from C code, and is mainly present for the sake of bindings. If the schema was statically allocated, then this function will copy the schema.

schema :

the schema to reference

Returns :

the referenced schema, which should be later unreferenced with secret_schema_unref(). [transfer full]

secret_schema_unref ()

void                secret_schema_unref                 (SecretSchema *schema);

Releases a reference to the SecretSchema. If the last reference is released then the schema will be freed.

It is not normally necessary to call this function from C code, and is mainly present for the sake of bindings. It is an error to call this for a schema that was statically allocated.

schema :

the schema to reference