Method

SecretServiceget_secret_for_dbus_path_sync

Declaration [src] 

SecretValue*
secret_service_get_secret_for_dbus_path_sync (
  SecretService* self,
  const gchar* item_path,
  GCancellable* cancellable,
  GError** error
)

Description [src]

Get the secret value for a secret item stored in the service.

The item is represented by its D-Bus object path. If you already have a SecretItem proxy object, use use secret_item_load_secret_sync() to more simply get its secret value.

This method may block indefinitely and should not be used in user interface threads.

Will return NULL if the item is locked.

Stability: Unstable

This method is not directly available to language bindings.

Parameters

item_path

Type: const gchar*

The D-Bus path to item to retrieve secret for.

The data is owned by the caller of the function.
The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.
cancellable

Type: GCancellable

Optional cancellation object.

The argument can be NULL.
The data is owned by the caller of the function.
error

Type: GError **

The return location for a recoverable error.

The argument can be NULL.
If the return location is not NULL, then you must initialize it to a NULL GError*.
The argument will left initialized to NULL by the method if there are no errors.
In case of error, the argument will be set to a newly allocated GError; the caller will take ownership of the data, and be responsible for freeing it.

Return value

Type: SecretValue

The newly allocated secret value the item, which should be released with secret_value_unref()

The caller of the method takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.
The return value can be NULL.