I have a program that interacts with an api using the oauth2 flow. In order not to bother the user every time the program is launched to enter their login and password. I want to store the refresh token somewhere securely in a cross-platform manner. Is this the right approach?. What is the best way to do that in c++?
This topic seems to be discussed a lot but only from the perspective of websites, where they can use cookies to store the refresh token.
Each operating system has its own secure storage with distinct APIs. On desktop operating systems you can use these APIs:
And on mobile these APIs provide per application storage:
These libraries show the type of approach you can use: