GetNamedCredentials()

Returns the username and password for the given named credential.

Category

Security

Syntax

Security.GetNamedCredentials("CredentialName");

where CredentialName is the name of the credential whose value you are retreiving.

Return value

The GetNamedCredentials() script function returns the the username and password for a named credential. You can specify if the username and password are returned as a string or as a SecureString.

Note: GetNamedCredentials() does not let you retrieve the domain name, if the credential you are retrieving includes domain.

Example

dim stCredentialName as string;

dim stUsername as string;

dim stPassword as System.Security.SecureString;

dim credentials as aaSecurity.Credentials;

stCredentialName = "cred1";

credentials = GetNamedCredentials(stCredentialName);

if(credentials.Values.Count > 0) then

if(credentials.ContainsKey("Username")) then

stUsername = credentials.Get("Username");

endif;

if(credentials.ContainsKey("Password")) then

dim networkcred as System.Net.NetworkCredential;

networkcred = new System.Net.NetworkCredential(stUsername,

credentials.Get("Password"));

stPassword = networkcred.SecurePassword;

endif;

endif;

Note: Use “stpassword” SecureString as required.