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Clear All Request Headers on a REST Object

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Demonstrates Rest.ClearAllHeaders, which removes every request header previously added to the object.

Background. Clearing headers is a convenient way to reset request state before reusing the same Rest object for an unrelated request.

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C
#include <C_CkRest.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkRest rest;
    BOOL bTls;
    BOOL bAutoReconnect;

    success = FALSE;

    rest = CkRest_Create();

    //  Connect to the REST server.  The 3rd argument enables TLS (use TRUE for HTTPS on port 443),
    //  and the 4th enables automatic reconnection if the connection is dropped between requests.
    bTls = TRUE;
    bAutoReconnect = TRUE;
    success = CkRest_Connect(rest,"example.com",443,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkRest_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkRest_Dispose(rest);
        return;
    }

    CkRest_AddHeader(rest,"Accept","application/json");
    CkRest_AddHeader(rest,"X-Custom-Header","example-value");

    //  Remove all request headers previously added to this object, for example before reusing the same
    //  Rest object for a different request.
    CkRest_ClearAllHeaders(rest);

    printf("All request headers cleared.\n");


    CkRest_Dispose(rest);

    }