C
C
Clear REST Authentication Settings
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Demonstrates Rest.ClearAuth, which removes any authentication providers and credentials previously configured through the SetAuth* methods.
Background. Clearing authentication is useful when reusing a Rest object for a request that must be sent without credentials, or before switching to a different authentication method.
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#include <C_CkRest.h>
void ChilkatSample(void)
{
BOOL success;
HCkRest rest;
BOOL bTls;
BOOL bAutoReconnect;
const char *username;
const char *password;
success = FALSE;
rest = CkRest_Create();
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;
}
// Normally you would not hard-code secrets in source. You should instead obtain them from an
// interactive prompt, environment variable, or a secrets vault.
username = "myUsername";
password = "myPassword";
success = CkRest_SetAuthBasic(rest,username,password);
if (success == FALSE) {
printf("%s\n",CkRest_lastErrorText(rest));
CkRest_Dispose(rest);
return;
}
// ClearAuth removes any authentication providers and credentials previously configured through the
// SetAuth* methods, for example before reusing the object for an unauthenticated request.
CkRest_ClearAuth(rest);
printf("Authentication cleared.\n");
CkRest_Dispose(rest);
}