From 4ae6441547afd94eb8826cb2b4f13bc569dd9d56 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vineet Kumar <git@vineetk.net>
Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 18:33:07 -0400
Subject: add kasi-get wrapper around kasi--get for use outside emacs

---
 README.org | 12 ++++++++++++
 kasi.el    |  4 ++++
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.org b/README.org
index 848c5cb..0f4dd2e 100644
--- a/README.org
+++ b/README.org
@@ -33,6 +33,18 @@ the following format:
    (extra-notes "other stuff to encrypt"))
 #+end_src
 
+** Accessing From Other Programs
+To parse and read the values of the secret files (like ='password= or
+='username=), you can run something similar to the following command:
+#+begin_src shell
+  emacsclient -e "(kasi-get \"category/file\" 'password)" | sed 's/^"//; s/"$//'
+#+end_src
+Unfortunately, I was not able to find a way to make =emacsclient=
+print without the return value's type (i.e. without double quotes),
+which does make this more clunky for outside Emacs. +Obviously the
+solution to this is to just remove them and rewrite those programs in
+Emacs Lisp.+
+
 ** Never Asked Questions (NAQ)
 *** Why should I use this over any other password manager?
 Don't. For a serious answer, it's because this uses S-expressions for
diff --git a/kasi.el b/kasi.el
index bdd8184..9f899e8 100644
--- a/kasi.el
+++ b/kasi.el
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ Two %s are needed for password and username for now.")
 	 (insert-file-contents file)
 	 (alist-get elem (read (current-buffer))))))
 
+(defun kasi-get (file elem)
+  "Prints decrypted element. Wrapper around kasi--get for non-Emacs use."
+  (kasi--get (format "%s/%s%s" kasi-dir file kasi-extension) elem))
+
 (defun kasi--totp (file)
   "Returns current TOTP code from secret file."
   (let* ((totp-secret (kasi--get file 'totp))
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