Tool Configuration Files

Socket CLI and the VSCode extension share logins when possible to keep tooling from having mismatched results.

They store data in:

• $HOME/.local/share/socket/settings on *nix
• $LOCALAPPDATA/socket/settings on Windows
• $HOME/Libary/Application Support/socket/settings on Mac OSX

This data takes the form a Base64 encoding of JSON matching the schema:

{
  "apiKey":"..."
}

An example of encoding an API key of "my-api-key" would result in a file with the following contents:

ewogICJhcGlLZXkiOiAibXktYXBpLWtleSIKfQo=