nsILoginManager

Replaces nsIPasswordManager which was used in older versions of Gecko.

Implemented by: @mozilla.org/login-manager;1. To create an instance, use:

var loginManager = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/login-manager;1"]
                   .getService(Components.interfaces.nsILoginManager);

Method overview

Methods

addLogin()

Stores a new login in the Login Manager.

void addLogin(
  in nsILoginInfo aLogin
);

Parameters

aLogin

The login to store.

Exceptions thrown

 

An exception is thrown if the login information is already stored in the Login Manager. To change a login, you have to use modifyLogin().

autoCompleteSearch()

Generates results for a user field autocomplete menu.

nsIAutoCompleteResult autoCompleteSearch(
  in AString aSearchString,
  in nsIAutoCompleteResult aPreviousResult,
  in nsIDOMHTMLInputElement aElement
);

Parameters

aSearchString

Missing Description

aPreviousResult

Missing Description

aElement

Missing Description

Return value

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countLogins()

Returns the number of logins matching the specified criteria. Called when only the number of logins is needed, and not the actual logins (which avoids prompting the user for a Master Password, as the logins don't need to be decrypted).

unsigned long countLogins(
  in AString aHostname,
  in AString aActionURL,
  in AString aHttpRealm
);

Parameters

aHostname

The hostname to which to restrict searches, formatted as a URL. For example, "https://www.bar.com". To match all hostnames, specify "" (empty string). A value of null will cause countLogins() to not match any logins.

aActionURL

For form logins, this parameter should specify the URL to which the form will be submitted. To match any form login, specify "" (empty string). To not match any form logins (For example when interested in protocol logins only), specify null.

aHttpRealm

For protocol logins, specify the HTTP Realm for which the login applies; this is obtained from the WWW-Authenticate header (see RFC 2617). To match any protocol login, specify "" (empty string). To not match any protocol logins (For example when interested in form logins only), specify null.

Return value

The number of logins matching the parameters passed.

Fills out a form with login information, if appropriate information is available.

boolean fillForm(
  in nsIDOMHTMLFormElement aForm
);

Parameters

aForm

The HTMLform to attempt to fill out.

Return value

true if the form was successfully filled out; otherwise false.

findLogins()

Searches for logins matching the specified criteria. Called when looking for logins that might be applicable to a given form or authentication request.

void findLogins(
  out unsigned long count,
  in AString aHostname,
  in AString aActionURL,
  in AString aHttpRealm,
  [retval, array, size_is(count)] out nsILoginInfo logins
);

Parameters

count

The number of elements in the returned array. JavaScript callers can simply use the array's length property and supply a dummy argument for this parameter.

aHostname

The hostname to restrict searches to, formatted as a URL. For example, "https://www.bar.com".

aActionURL

For form logins, this parameter should specify the URL to which the form will be submitted. For protocol logins, specify null. An empty string ("") will match any value (except null).

aHttpRealm

For protocol logins, specify the HTTP Realm for which the login applies; this is obtained from the WWW-Authenticate header (see RFC 2617). For form logins, this parameter should be null. An empty string ("") will match any value (except null).

logins

An array of nsILoginInfo objects.

Example

This method can be called from JavaScript like this:

 var logins = myLoginMgr.findLogins({}, hostname, ...);

getAllDisabledHosts()

Returns a list of all hosts for which login saving is disabled.

void getAllDisabledHosts(
  [optional] out unsigned long count,
  [retval, array, size_is(count)] out wstring hostnames
);

Parameters

count

The number of elements in the returned array. JavaScript callers can simply use the array's length property and supply a dummy argument for this parameter.

hostnames

An array of hostname strings in URL format without a pathname. For example: "https://www.site.com".

Example

You can call this method from JavaScript like this:

 var disabledHosts = myLoginMgr.getAllDisabledHosts({});

getAllLogins()

Returns an array containing all logins recorded by the Login Manager.

If you just want to see if any logins are stored, use countLogins() instead. It's more efficient, and avoids the possibility of the user being prompted for their master password.

void getAllLogins(
  [optional] out unsigned long count,
  [retval, array, size_is(count)] out nsILoginInfo logins
);

Parameters

count

The number of elements in the returned array. JavaScript callers can simply use the array's length property and supply a dummy argument for this parameter.

logins

An array of nsILoginInfo objects containing all the logins the Login Manager has on record.

Example

You can call this method from JavaScript like this:

 var logins = myLoginMgr.getAllLogins({});

getLoginSavingEnabled()

Reports whether or not saving login information is enabled for a host.

boolean getLoginSavingEnabled(
  in AString aHost
);

Parameters

aHost

The hostname to check. This argument should be in the origin URL format, with no pathname. For example: "https://www.site.com".

Return value

true if login saving is enabled for the host, otherwise false.

modifyLogin()

Modifies an existing login by replacing it with a new one.

If newLoginData is a nsILoginInfo, all of the old login's nsILoginInfo properties are changed to the values from newLoginData (but the old login's nsILoginMetaInfo properties are unmodified).

If newLoginData is a nsIPropertyBag, only the specified properties will be changed. The nsILoginMetaInfo properties of oldLogin can be changed in this manner.

If the propertybag contains an item named "timesUsedIncrement", the login's timesUsed property will be incremented by the item's value.

void modifyLogin(
  in nsILoginInfo oldLogin,
  in nsISupports newLoginData
);

Parameters

oldLogin

The login to be modified.

newLoginData

The login information to replace the oldLogin with. This may be specified as either an nsILoginInfo or an nsIPropertyBag2 object.

removeAllLogins()

Removes all logins known by the Login Manager. This works without a need for the master password, if one is set.

void removeAllLogins();

Parameters

None.

removeLogin()

Removes a login from the Login Manager.

void removeLogin(
  in nsILoginInfo aLogin
);

Parameters

aLogin

The login to remove from the Login Manager. Only a login that is an exact match is deleted.

Searches for logins in the login manager's data store, returning an array of matching logins. If there are no matching logins, an empty array is returned.

void searchLogins(
  out unsigned long count,
  in nsIPropertyBag matchData,
  [retval, array, size_is(count)] out nsILoginInfo logins
);

Parameters

count

The number of elements in the returned array.

matchData

The data used for the search. This does not follow the same requirements as findLogins() for those fields; wildcard matches are not specified.

logins

An array of matching nsILoginInfo objects.

Example

This method can be called from JavaScript like this:

 var logins = myLoginMgr.searchLogins({}, matchData);
 var numLogins = logins.length;

setLoginSavingEnabled()

Enables or disables storing logins for a specified host. When login storing is disabled, the Login Manager won't prompt the user to store logins for that host. Existing logins are not affected.

void setLoginSavingEnabled(
  in AString aHost,
  in boolean isEnabled
);

Parameters

aHost

The hostname to adjust the setting for. This argument should be in the origin URL format, with no pathname. For example: "https://www.site.com".

isEnabled

If true, login saving is enabled for the specified host. If false, login saving is disabled.

See also

• nsILoginInfo
• Using nsILoginManager