flexpass.backends.GpgBackend

class flexpass.backends.GpgBackend(store: str | Path = '~/.password-store', key: str | Path = None, **kwargs)

Bases: Backend

Backend for GPG encrypted files following the layout defined by pass, the “standard unix password manager”.

__init__(store: str | Path = '~/.password-store', key: str | Path = None, **kwargs)

Instanciate the backend.

Backend implementations should raise :exception:BackendNotAvailable from their __init__ in case the backend is not currently available.

Raises:

• BackendNotAvailable – The backend is not currently available.

• BackendError – An other error occured while instanciating the backend.

Methods

__init__([store, key])	Instanciate the backend.
close()	Perform clean-up of resources before closing the backend.
delete_password(name[, warn_if_notfound])	Delete the given password from the backend.
get_password(name[, warn_if_notfound])	Return the password with the given name, or None if not found in the backend.
list_passwords()	List all available passwords in the backend.
set_password(name, password, **options)	Set the given password in the backend.

Attributes

readonly	Indicate whether the backend is read-only.
name	Name of the backend.
priority	Priority of the backend.
options	Options passed to the backend.

close()

Perform clean-up of resources before closing the backend.

delete_password(name: str, warn_if_notfound=False) → bool

Delete the given password from the backend.

Return True if the password was deleted, False if the password was not found.

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).

Returns:

True if the password was deleted, False if the password was not found.

Return type:

bool

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

Return the password with the given name, or None if not found in the backend.

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).

Returns:

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

Return type:

str or None

list_passwords() → list[PasswordInfo]

List all available passwords in the backend.

Returns:

Password name and information from the backend.

Return type:

list[PasswordInfo]

name: str

Name of the backend.

options: dict[str, Any]

Options passed to the backend.

priority: int

Priority of the backend.

readonly = False

Indicate whether the backend is read-only.

set_password(name: str, password: str, **options) → bool

Set the given password in the backend.

Parameters:

• name (str) – Name of the password.

• password (str) – Value of the password.