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This node.js package is used to get credentials from the "Windows Credential Manager" using a Python3 script. So, you need to have installed python>=3 and node>=8.
This package is based on this gist python script: https://gist.github.com/mrh1997/717b14f5783b49ca14310419fa7f03f6
How to install it using npm:
npm i wincred -S
How to use it?
import { getCredential } from 'wincred';
async function run() {
const cred = await getCredential('credentialTarget'/*, 'c:/path-to/pythonLaucher' */); // optional, 'python' as default
//... use the credential as { username: string, password: string }
}
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wincred
We found that wincred demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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