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hotelbeds.com REST API Authentication

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Demonstrates how to calculate the X-Signature header and add to requests sent to api.test.hotelbeds.com. B4X

Dim success As Boolean = False

'  This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
'  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

'  This example duplicates the following CURL statement provided in the hotelbeds.com "Getting Started"
'  developer documentation:

'  #!/bin/bash 
'  apiKey="yourApiKey"
'  secret="yourSecret"
'  curl -i \
'    -X GET \
'    -H 'Accept:application/json' \
'    -H 'Api-key:'$apiKey'' \
'    -H 'X-Signature:'$(echo -n ${apiKey}${secret}$(date +%s)|sha256sum|awk '{ print $1}')'' \
'    https://api.test.hotelbeds.com/hotel-api/1.0/status

'  The "date + %s" command emits a UNIX date/time number such as 1605548842
'  We need to concatenate the apiKey, secret, and current date/time in UNIX (numeric) time format.
Dim dt As ChilkatDateTime
dt.Initialize
dt.SetFromCurrentSystemTime
'  Get the UNIX time string in the GMT timezone.
Dim bLocalTime As Boolean = False
Dim unixTimeStr As String = dt.GetAsUnixTimeStr(bLocalTime)
Log(unixTimeStr)

'  Use your own API key and secret.  (These are not valid values)
Dim apiKey As String = "227b20a2cb705e45f3b0a0944672dc07"
Dim secret As String = "54dc7ba9e2"

Dim sb As ChilkatStringBuilder
sb.Initialize
sb.Append(apiKey)
sb.Append(secret)
sb.Append(unixTimeStr)

Dim crypt As ChilkatCrypt2
crypt.Initialize("crypt")
crypt.HashAlgorithm = "sha256"
crypt.EncodingMode = "hexlower"
Dim signature As String = crypt.HashStringENC(sb.GetAsString)

Log(signature)

Dim http As ChilkatHttp
http.Initialize("http")

http.SetRequestHeader("Accept", "application/json")
http.SetRequestHeader("Api-key", apiKey)
http.SetRequestHeader("X-Signature", signature)

Dim jsonResponse As String = http.QuickGetStr("https://api.test.hotelbeds.com/hotel-api/1.0/status")
Log(jsonResponse)
Log(http.LastStatus)

'  Sample output:  

'  1605549542
'  2146aefb36e7331b3b29aafd7638398ca22e689573224f1a71274d60bd201ec2
'  {"auditData":{"timestamp":"2020-11-16 18:59:02.430"},"status":"OK"}
'  200