Re: Emacs 29: Package netrc is deprecated

[Steinar Bang <sb@dod.no>]

>>>>> Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>:

> (auth-source-search :host "my.host.com" :port 993)

> (I guess the return format is different)

Yep! But getting that function name put me on the track to a solution! :-)

Thanks!

The function name landed me here: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_mono/auth.html

From examples there I replaced 
  (setq blog (netrc-machine (netrc-parse netrc-file) "blog.mydomain.com" t))
with
  (setq blog (car (auth-source-search :host "blog.mydomain.com")))
and
         (list "my-blog"
               :url "http://blog.mydomain.com/xmlrpc.php"
               :username (netrc-get blog "login")
               :password (netrc-get blog "password")))))
with
         (list "my-blog"
               :url "http://blog.mydomain.com/xmlrpc.php"
               :username (plist-get blog :user)
               :password (auth-info-password blog)))))

plist-get can be used for all clear text entries in the return from auth-source-search

auth-info-password also unobfuscates the password.

Full config here: https://gist.github.com/steinarb/e844560f5850612361431b4cdc1ffbec
Diff here: https://gist.github.com/steinarb/258106dbce7052ec8cd6c831aedc17a1

Steinar> In the auth-source code there is lots of talk about backends, which I
Steinar> assume are Gnus backends, and little/nothing about using it as a netrc
Steinar> file parser.

> No, theyʼre auth source backends. .netrc, .authinfo, 'passʼ, oauth2
> etc.

Right! Since there is now no mention of netrc anywhere in the config, I
can presumably transparently search and use any auth source supported by
emacs?  At least: any auth source that can somehow return a clear text
password?

Thanks again!