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Access credentials from the OS X Keychain

Access credentials from the OS X Keychain¶

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Access credentials from the OS X Keychain

Paw lets you easily access credentials stored on OS X Keychain via the Secure Dynamic Value. You can access both the Internet Keychain and the Application Keychain from Paw.

Locate the credentials on OS X Keychain

Locate the credentials on OS X Keychain¶

Internet Keychain¶

The Internet Keychain contains the Safari website usernames and passwords.

We are interested in the Where and Account fields.

Application Keychain¶

The Application Keychain contains the accounts you use in Mail, Contacts, Calendar, Messages and other software.

We are interested in the Name and Account fields.

Add a secure dynamic value

Add a secure dynamic value¶

In this example, we will configure the Secure Dynamic Value built-in on the Password field of HTTP Basic Auth Dynamic Value:

Add an Authorization header
Right-click on header value field and click on Authorization > HTTP Basic Auth to add Basic Authentication.
Click the lock icon on the Password field and switch it to Regular Field.

Fill in the secure dynamic value details

Fill in the secure dynamic value details¶

Click the Secure Dynamic Value to show its popup and configure it accordingly:

Internet Keychain¶

On the Secure Dynamic Value, select Keychain (Internet), and fill the URL (matches the Where keychain field) and Account fields.

Application Keychain¶

On the Secure Dynamic Value, select Keychain (Application), and fill the Service (matches the Name keychain field) and Account fields.

Use Environment Variables¶

You may need to repeatedly use the same value on your Requests. For that, you can keep those values in Environments, and then use them on your Requests.

Define environment variables using the Secure Dynamic Value.

Point to the previously defined environment variables: right-click on the destination field and click on Environment > Environment Variables > [your_new_variable].

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Read more about Environments and how to use Environments as Reusable Presets.