SecretStorage changelog

This changelog only lists the most important changes that happened in SecretStorage. Please see the Git log for the full list of changes.

SecretStorage 3.1.0, 2018-09-02

  • The dbus_init function no longer accepts any arguments.
  • The dbus_init function now converts ConnectionError and ValueError to SecretServiceNotAvailableException.
  • New exception class: PromptDismissedException.
  • Switched to declarative setup configuration. Build now requires setuptools 30.3 or newer.
  • Added support for prompts when deleting collections and items.
  • Added type annotations to all methods.

SecretStorage 3.0.1, 2018-04-24

  • When DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS environment variable is unset, and Jeepney raises a KeyError because of that, SecretStorage now intercepts that error and re-raises it as SecretServiceNotAvailableException.
  • Uploaded to PyPI with fixed meta-data.

SecretStorage 3.0.0, 2018-04-23

Warning

This release is backwards incompatible with the previous versions.

  • Python 3.5 or newer is now required.
  • SecretStorage has been ported from dbus-python to Jeepney, a pure Python D-Bus client.
  • The asynchronous API has been removed. If you need it, please file a bug and describe your use case.
  • The bus argument is now called connection in all functions that accept it.

SecretStorage 2.3.1, 2016-08-27

  • Update requires line in setup.py for cryptography port.
  • Documentation is now hosted on ReadTheDocs.

SecretStorage 2.3.0, 2016-08-17

  • Ported from PyCrypto to cryptography module [#6].
  • Item.get_secret() now returns a bytes object rather than a bytearray.

SecretStorage 2.2.1, 2016-06-27

  • Made dbus-python dependency optional because compiling it from sources is not an option for many users. See issues #4 and #5 for details.

SecretStorage 2.2.0, 2016-06-18

  • Deprecated compatibility functions are dropped.
  • Installation from PyPI now pulls in dbus-python.
  • Travis CI tests added.
  • Other minor fixes, simplifications and improvements.

SecretStorage 2.1.4, 2016-01-10

  • Catch AccessDenied errors in dbus_init() function.
  • Documentation improvements.

SecretStorage 2.1.3, 2015-12-20

  • Python 2.6 is no longer supported.
  • Compatibility functions are now deprecated and will be removed in the next major release.
  • Other minor fixes, simplifications and improvements.

SecretStorage 2.1.2, 2015-06-30

  • Add Item.unlock() method.
  • Use setuptools when it is available.
  • Documentation now uses Alabaster sphinx theme.
  • Other documentation fixes and improvements.

SecretStorage 2.1.1, 2014-07-12

  • Fixed a bug where common secret was incorrectly generated sometimes (one time of 128).
  • Other minor improvements.

SecretStorage 2.1, 2014-05-28

  • Support running tests with GNOME Keyring when there is no default collection.
  • When D-Bus main loop is already set, do not set it again.
  • Make dhcrypto module work with Python < 2.7.4.

SecretStorage 2.0, 2014-01-27

  • Add support for encrypted sessions and use them by default.
  • Get rid of Introspect() calls to make D-Bus messaging faster.

SecretStorage 1.1, 2013-11-15

  • Ported to PyQt5.
  • Added Item.get_created() method.
  • Improvements to error handling.

SecretStorage 1.0, 2013-05-08

  • Renamed exec_prompt_async_* functions to just exec_prompt_* (old aliases kept for compatibility purposes).
  • Added two helper functions:
    • get_any_collection() for getting default or session collection;
    • get_default_collection() for getting or creating the default collection.
  • Fix creation of items with empty attributes dict.
  • Make SecretServiceNotAvailableException a subclass of SecretStorageException.
  • Various documentation improvements.

SecretStorage 0.9, 2013-03-05

  • Added support for content types in secrets.
  • Added Item.get_modified() method.
  • Added get_all_collections() and get_collection_by_alias() functions.
  • Added search_items() function for global search.
  • Made synchronous version of Collection.unlock() return a boolean representing whether the operation was dismissed.
  • Fixed wrong parsing of Secret Service result in Collection.get_modified().
  • Various test suite and documentation improvements.

SecretStorage 0.8, 2013-01-05

  • Added Collection and Item classes.
  • Added support for creating and deleting collections.
  • Added synchronous loop unlocking support.
  • Added support for PyQt applications.
  • Added test suite.
  • Convert D-Bus exceptions to SecretStorage exceptions.
  • Rewrote the documentation in Sphinx.
  • Miscellaneous internal improvements.

SecretStorage 0.2, 2012-06-22

  • Added get_item_attributes function.
  • Renamed get_item_ids to get_items_ids.
  • Renamed get_item_by_id to get_item.
  • Renamed delete_item_by_id to delete_item.
  • Made create_item return id of the created item.
  • Added secretstorage.exceptions module.
  • Made all functions throw exceptions from that module.
  • Updated the documentation.
  • Added delete_test_items.py script that deletes all test items.

SecretStorage 0.1, 2012-06-02

  • Initial release.