Method load

src/borg/crypto/key.py:679–701

(self, target, passphrase)

        return str(path)

    def load(self, target, passphrase):
        if self.STORAGE == KeyBlobStorage.KEYFILE:
            with open(target) as fd:
                key_data = "".join(fd.readlines()[1:])
        elif self.STORAGE == KeyBlobStorage.REPO:
            # While the repository is encrypted, we consider a repokey repository with a blank
            # passphrase an unencrypted repository.
            self.logically_encrypted = passphrase != ""  # nosec B105

            # what we get in target is just a repo location, but we already have the repo obj:
            target = self.repository
            key_data = target.load_key()
            if not key_data:
                # if we got an empty key, it means there is no key.
                loc = target._location.canonical_path()
                raise RepoKeyNotFoundError(loc) from None
            key_data = key_data.decode("utf-8")  # remote repo: msgpack issue #99, getting bytes
        else:
            raise TypeError("Unsupported borg key storage type")
        success = self._load(key_data, passphrase)
        if success:
            self.target = target
        return success

    def save(self, target, passphrase, algorithm, create=False):
        key_data = self._save(passphrase, algorithm)