kotlin-electron/electron.core/SafeStorage

SafeStorage

external interface SafeStorage(source)

Functions

decryptString

abstract fun decryptString(encrypted: Buffer): String

the decrypted string. Decrypts the encrypted buffer obtained with safeStorage.encryptString back into a string.

encryptString

abstract fun encryptString(plainText: String): Buffer

An array of bytes representing the encrypted string.

getSelectedStorageBackend

abstract fun getSelectedStorageBackend(): SafeStorageGetSelectedStorageBackendResult

User friendly name of the password manager selected on Linux.

isEncryptionAvailable

abstract fun isEncryptionAvailable(): Boolean

Whether encryption is available.

setUsePlainTextEncryption

abstract fun setUsePlainTextEncryption(usePlainText: Boolean)

This function on Linux will force the module to use an in memory password for creating symmetric key that is used for encrypt/decrypt functions when a valid OS password manager cannot be determined for the current active desktop environment. This function is a no-op on Windows and MacOS.