Android™
Android™
Configure HTTP Basic Authentication for REST
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Demonstrates Rest.SetAuthBasic, which configures HTTP Basic authentication from a username and password. Chilkat automatically adds the Authorization header to each request sent through the object.
Background. HTTP Basic authentication transmits credentials with every request, so it should be used over HTTPS. Credentials should be obtained from a secure source rather than hard-coded in production code.
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// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;
import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;
public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {
private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";
// Called when the activity is first created.
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
boolean success = false;
CkRest rest = new CkRest();
boolean bTls = true;
boolean bAutoReconnect = true;
success = rest.Connect("example.com",443,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
if (success == false) {
Log.i(TAG, rest.lastErrorText());
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.
String username = "myUsername";
String password = "myPassword";
// Configure HTTP Basic authentication. Chilkat automatically adds the Authorization header to
// each request sent through this object.
success = rest.SetAuthBasic(username,password);
if (success == false) {
Log.i(TAG, rest.lastErrorText());
return;
}
String responseText = rest.fullRequestNoBody("GET","/api/protected");
if (rest.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
Log.i(TAG, rest.lastErrorText());
return;
}
Log.i(TAG, responseText);
}
static {
System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
// Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
// then you will see the following error message at application startup:
//"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
}
}