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Unlock the key-chain in mac through python

Is there any way to unlock the key-chain in mac through python. I got it in bash as security unlock-keychain -p $KEYCHAIN_PASSWORD $PATH_TO_KEYCHAIN. But couldnt find a solution for the same in python anywhere. Please help me out.

Solution

  • There isn't a Python API for this. Use the subprocess module to call the external program.

    import subprocess

cmd = "security unlock-keychain -p".split() 
cmd += [keychain_password, path_to_keychain]
subprocess.call(cmd)

    Further reading on subprocess