I am writing a desktop application in Python. This application requires the user to input their GMail email and password (however an account must be created specifically for this app, so it's not their personal (read: important) GMail account). I was wondering what would be the best way to store those login credentials. I don't need it to be super secure, but would like something more than storing it as plain text.
Thank you in advance.
Use the platform's native configuration storage mechanism (registry, GConf, plist).
Where to store user credentials in a Python desktop application?