A native Node module to get, add, replace, and delete passwords in system's keychain. On OS X the passwords are managed by the Keychain, on Linux they are managed by the Secret Service API/libsecret, and on Windows they are managed by Credential Vault.

npm install keytar

Currently this library uses libsecret so you may need to install it before npm installing.

Depending on your distribution, you will need to run the following command:

• Debian/Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install libsecret-1-dev
• Red Hat-based: sudo yum install libsecret-devel
• Arch Linux: sudo pacman -S libsecret

• Clone the repository
• Run npm install
• Run grunt to compile the native and CoffeeScript code
• Run grunt test to run the specs

keytar = require 'keytar'

Get the stored password for the service and account.

service - The string service name.

account - The string account name.

Returns the string password or null on failures.

Add the password for the service and account to the keychain.

service - The string service name.

account - The string account name.

password - The string password.

Returns true on success, false on failure.

Delete the stored password for the service and account.

service - The string service name.

account - The string account name.

Returns true if a password has been deleted, or false on failure.

Replace the password for the service and account in the keychain.

This is a simple convenience function that internally calls deletePassword(service, account) followed by addPassword(service, account, password).

service - The string service name.

account - The string account name.

password - The string password.

Returns true on success, false on failure.

Find a password for the service in the keychain.

service - The string service name.

Returns the string password or null on failures.