public/ScriptProcessing/Set-Secret.ps1
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function Set-Secret { <# .SYNOPSIS Saves secure strings to hkcu in a secure way. .COMPONENT ScriptProcessing .DESCRIPTION The function becomes handy, if you need eg. passwords or api-key in your script, but you don't want to save them in the script. .EXAMPLE $password = Set-Secret 'myProject' 'SecretName' 'myPassword' Saves the password in the registry as SecureString #> [CmdletBinding()] param ( [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$projectName, [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Name, [string]$Secret = $null, [switch]$WhatIf = $false ) process { $regKey = "HKCU:\Software\pageBOX\Secret\$projectName" if (![string]::IsNullOrEmpty($Secret)) { $value = ConvertTo-SecureString $Secret -AsPlainText } else { $value = Read-Host "Please enter '$Name'" -AsSecureString } if (!$WhatIf) { if (!(Test-Path $regKey)) { New-Item -Path $regKey -Force | Out-Null } New-ItemProperty -Path $regKey -Name $Name -Value ($value | ConvertFrom-SecureString) -PropertyType "String" -Force | Out-Null } } } |