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How do I retrieve a username with Python keyring?

I have a Mercurial keyring on my Windows 7 machine. I am using the Python keyring library to get user credentials from the Mercurial keyring.

I can retrieve the password for a given username with:

keyring.get_password('Mercurial', 'user@@etc')

Is there a similar function to retrieve the username?

Solution

  • You are expected to have stored the username somewhere else.

    The keyring only stores the password, keyed by the application name and username.