Metadata-Version: 1.0
Name: keyring
Version: 0.2
Summary: Store and access your passwords safely.
Home-page: http://home.python-keyring.org/
Author: Kang Zhang
Author-email: jobo.zh@gmail.com
License: PSF
Description: =======================================
        Installing and Using Python Keyring Lib
        =======================================
        
        .. contents:: **Table of Contents**
        
        ---------------------------
        What is Python keyring lib?
        ---------------------------
        
        The Python keyring lib provides a easy way to access the system keyring service
        from python. It can be used in any application that needs safe password storage.
        
        The keyring services supported by the Python keyring lib:
        
        * **OSXKeychain**: supports the Keychain service in Mac OS X.
        * **KDEKWallet**: supports the KDE's Kwallet service.
        * **GnomeKeyring**: for Gnome environment.
        
        Besides these native password storing services provided by operating systems.
        Python keyring lib also provides following build-in keyrings.
        
        * **Win32CryptoKeyring**: for Windows 2k+.
        * **CryptedFileKeyring**: a command line interface keyring base on PyCrypto.
        * **UncryptedFileKeyring**: a keyring which leaves passwords directly in file.
        
        -------------------------
        Installation Instructions
        -------------------------
        
        easy_install or pip
        ===================
        
        Run easy_install or pip::
        
        $ easy_install keyring
        $ pip install keyring
        
        Source installation
        ===================
        
        Download the source tarball, and uncompress it, then run the install command::
        
        $ wget http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/k/keyring/keyring-0.2.tar.gz
        $ tar -xzvf keyring-0.2.tar.gz
        $ cd keyring-0.2
        $ python setup.py install
        
        
        --------------------------
        Configure your keyring lib
        --------------------------
        
        The python keyring lib contains implementations for several backends, including
        **OSX Keychain**, **Gnome Keyring**, **KDE Kwallet** and etc. The lib will
        automatically choose the keyring that is most suitable for your current
        environment. You can also specify the keyring you like to be used in the config
        file or by calling the ``set_keyring()`` function.
        
        Customize your keyring by config file
        =====================================
        
        This section is about how to change your option in the config file.
        
        Config file path
        ----------------
        
        The configuration of the lib is stored in a file named "keyringrc.cfg". The file
        can be stored in either of following two paths.
        
        1. The working directory of the python
        2. The home directory for current user
        
        The lib will first look for the config file in the working directory. If no
        config file exists **or** the config file is not write properly, the lib will
        look up in the home folder.
        
        Config file content
        -------------------
        
        To specify a keyring backend, you need tell the lib the module name of the
        backend, such as ``keyring.backend.OSXKeychain``. If the backend is not shipped
        with the lib, in another word, is made by you own, you need also tell the lib
        the path of your own backend module. The module name should be written after the
        **default-keyring** option, while the module path belongs the **keyring-path**
        option.
        
        Here's a sample config file(The full demo can be accessed in the ``demo/keyring.py``):
        ::
        
        [backend]
        default-keyring=simplekeyring.SimpleKeyring
        keyring-path=/home/kang/pyworkspace/python-keyring-lib/demo/
        
        
        Write your own keyring backend
        ==============================
        
        The interface for the backend is defined by ``keyring.backend.KeyringBackend``.
        By extending this base class and implementing the three functions
        ``supported()``, ``get_password()`` and ``set_password()``, you can easily create
        your own backend for keyring lib.
        
        The usage of the three functions:
        
        * ``supported(self)`` : Return if this backend is supported in current
        environment. The returned value can be **0**, **1** , or **-1**. **0** means
        suitable; **1** means recommended and **-1** means this backend is not
        available for current environment.
        * ``get_password(self, service, username)`` : Return the stored password for the
        ``username`` of the ``service``.
        * ``set_password(self, service, username, password)`` : Store the ``password``
        for ``username`` of the ``service`` in the backend.
        
        For an instance, there's the source code of the demo mentioned above. It's a
        simple keyring which stores the password directly in memory.
        
        ::
        
        """
        simplekeyring.py
        
        A simple keyring class for the keyring_demo.py
        
        Created by Kang Zhang on 2009-07-12
        """
        from keyring.backend import KeyringBackend
        
        class SimpleKeyring(KeyringBackend):
        """Simple Keyring is a keyring which can store only one
        password in memory.
        """
        def __init__(self):
        self.password = ''
        
        def supported(self):
        return 0
        
        def get_password(self, service, username):
        return self.password
        
        def set_password(self, service, username, password):
        self.password = password
        return 0
        
        
        Set the keyring in runtime
        ==========================
        
        Besides setting the backend through the config file, you can also set the
        backend to use by calling the api ``set_keyring()``. The backend you passed in
        will be used to store the password in your application.
        
        Here's a code snippet from the ``keyringdemo.py``. It shows the usage of
        ``set_keyring()``
        ::
        
        # define a new keyring class which extends the KeyringBackend
        import keyring.backend
        class TestKeyring(keyring.backend.KeyringBackend):
        """A test keyring which always outputs same password
        """
        def supported(self): return 0
        def set_password(self, servicename, username, password): return 0
        def get_password(self, servicename, username):
        return "password from TestKeyring"
        
        # set the keyring for keyring lib
        import keyring
        keyring.set_keyring(TestKeyring())
        
        # invoke the keyring lib
        if keyring.set_password("demo-service", "tarek", "passexample") == 0:
        print "password stored successful"
        print "password", keyring.get_password("demo-service", "tarek")
        
        
        -----------------------------------------------
        Integrate the keyring lib with your application
        -----------------------------------------------
        
        API interface
        =============
        
        The keyring lib has two functions:
        
        * ``get_password(service, username)`` : Returns the password stored in keyring.
        If the password does not exist, it will return None.
        * ``set_password(service, username, password)`` : Store the password in the
        keyring.
        
        Example
        =======
        
        Here's an example of using keyring for application authorization. It can be
        found in the demo folder of the repository. Note that the faked auth function
        only returns true when the password equals to the username.
        ::
        
        """
        auth_demo.py
        
        Created by Kang Zhang 2009-08-14
        """
        
        import keyring
        import getpass
        import ConfigParser
        
        def auth(username, password):
        """A faked authorization function.
        """
        return username == password
        
        def main():
        """This scrip demos how to use keyring facilite the authorization. The
        username is stored in a config named 'auth_demo.cfg'
        """
        # config file init
        config_file = 'auth_demo.cfg'
        config = ConfigParser.SafeConfigParser({
        'username':'',
        })
        config.read(config_file)
        if not config.has_section('auth_demo_login'):
        config.add_section('auth_demo_login')
        
        username = config.get('auth_demo_login','username')
        password = None
        if username != '':
        password = keyring.get_password('auth_demo_login', username)
        
        if password == None or not auth(username, password):
        
        while 1:
        username = raw_input("Username:\n")
        password = getpass.getpass("Password:\n")
        
        if auth(username, password):
        break
        else:
        print "Authorization failed."
        
        # store the username
        config.set('auth_demo_login', 'username', username)
        config.write(open(config_file, 'w'))
        
        # store the password
        keyring.set_password('auth_demo_login', username, password)
        
        # the stuff that needs authorization here
        print "Authorization successful."
        
        if __name__ == "__main__":
        main()
        
        ------------
        Get involved
        ------------
        
        Python keyring lib is an open community project and highly welcomes new
        contributors.
        
        * Repository: http://bitbucket.org/kang/python-keyring-lib/
        * Bug Tracker: http://bitbucket.org/kang/python-keyring-lib/issues/
        * Mailing list: http://groups.google.com/group/python-keyring
        
        -------
        Credits
        -------
        
        The project was based on Tarek Ziade's idea in `this post`_. Kang Zhang
        initially carried it out as a `Google Summer of Code`_ project, and Tarek
        mentored Kang on this project.
        
        .. _this post: http://tarekziade.wordpress.com/2009/03/27/pycon-hallway-session-1-a-keyring-library-for-python/
        .. _Google Summer of Code: http://socghop.appspot.com/
        
        * Kang Zhang
        * Tarek Ziade
        
Keywords: keyring Keychain GnomeKeyring Kwallet password storage
Platform: Many
