flexpass.get_password

flexpass.get_password(name: str, warn_if_notfound=False) → str | None

Scan all registered backends, ordered by decreasing priority, and return the first password found with the given name.

If no password with the given name is found, return None.

Parameters:

• name (str) – Name of the password.

• warn_if_notfound (bool, optional) – If True, emit a warning if no password with the given name is found (defaults to False).

Raises:

• BackendNotAvailable – No backend was available.

• BackendError – Several passwords with the given name were found in the same backend (e.g. in secretservice backend).

Returns:

The value of the password if found, None if not found.

Return type:

str or None