Functions/Vault/Use-VaultCredential.ps1
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.SYNOPSIS Get the PSCredential object from the Windows Credential Manager vault or query the caller to enter the credentials. These credentials will be stored in the vault. .DESCRIPTION This cmdlet will load the target PSCredential object from the Windows Credential Manager vault by using Get-VaultCredential. If the vault entry does not exist, it will query the credential from the interactive user by using Get-Credential. If this was successful, the credential will be stored in the Windows Credential Manager vault by using the New-VaultEntry command and then returned to the pipeline. Else an exception will be thrown. .INPUTS None. .OUTPUTS System.Management.Automation.PSCredential. .EXAMPLE PS C:\> Use-VaultCredential -TargetName 'MyUserCred' -Credential 'MyUsername' Return the PSCredential objects with the target name 'MyUserCred' from the vault or if it does not exist, query the user. .NOTES Author : Claudio Spizzi License : MIT License .LINK https://github.com/claudiospizzi/SecurityFever #> function Use-VaultCredential { [CmdletBinding()] [OutputType([System.Management.Automation.PSCredential])] param ( # The vault credential entry name. [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)] [System.String] $TargetName, # The username to search in the vault or query the credential. [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)] [System.String] $Username ) # Get all entries matching the parameters. $entries = @(Get-VaultEntry @PSBoundParameters) if ($entries.Count -eq 1) { # Exactly one entry found, return it Write-Output $entries[0].Credential } elseif ($entries.Count -gt 1) { # Multiple entries found, throw an exception throw 'Multiple entries found in the Credential Manager vault matching the parameters.' } else { # Get the credentials from the user if ($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('Username')) { $credential = Get-Credential -Message $TargetName -UserName $Username } else { $credential = Get-Credential -Message $TargetName } # If no credentials were specified, throw an exception if ($null -eq $credential) { throw 'No entry found in the Credential Manager and no credentials entered.' } # Add the credentials to the Credential Manager vault New-VaultEntry -TargetName $TargetName -Credential $credential | Out-Null Write-Output $credential } } |