I’m working with a Credential asset where the password is stored in a variable of type System.Security.SecureString.
Later in the workflow, I need to include this password in the body of an HTTP request, but the target endpoint does not accept the SecureString data type.
How can I convert a SecureString to a regular String in a VB.NET project?
convert it to String before using it in the request body.
Dim plainPassword As String =
New System.Net.NetworkCredential(String.Empty, securePassword).Password
Where securePassword is of type System.Security.SecureString.
convert from SecureString to String, use below expression
(new System.Net.NetworkCredential(“”, VarSecureString)).Password
To do vice-versa use this.
(new System.Net.NetworkCredential(“”, “myString”)).SecurePassword
SecureString cannot be directly used in HTTP requests.Convert it using System.Net.NetworkCredential(“”, securePwd).Password and pass the resulting string to the request body.
Example plainPassword = New System.Net.NetworkCredential(String.Empty, securePassword).Password
Cheers
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