C++

Http Digest Authentication

Demonstrates the DigestAuth property to do HTTP Digest Authentication. C++

#include <CkHttp.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    //  This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    //  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    CkHttp http;

    //  To use HTTP Digest Authentication:
    http.put_Login("myLogin");
    http.put_Password("myPassword");
    http.put_DigestAuth(true);

    //  If you would like to see the HTTP session log to see how 
    //  HTTP digest authentication worked.
    http.put_SessionLogFilename("c:/temp/qa_output/sessionLog.txt");

    //  Run the test using this URL with the credentials above.  
    //  (Works while httpbin.org keeps the test endpoint available.)
    const char *jsonResponse = http.quickGetStr("https://httpbin.org/digest-auth/auth/myLogin/myPassword");
    if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        std::cout << http.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    std::cout << "Response status code: " << http.get_LastStatus() << "\r\n";

    std::cout << jsonResponse << "\r\n";

    //  Output:

    //  Response status code: 200
    //  {
    //    "authenticated": true, 
    //    "user": "myLogin"
    //  }

    //  -----------------------------------------------
    //  Here are the contents of the sessionLog.txt

    //  ---- Sending Sat, 30 Aug 2025 11:23:12 GMT ----
    //  GET /digest-auth/auth/myLogin/myPassword HTTP/1.1
    //  Host: httpbin.org
    //  Accept: */*
    //  Accept-Encoding: gzip
    //  
    //  
    //  ---- Received Sat, 30 Aug 2025 11:23:12 GMT ----
    //  HTTP/1.1 401 UNAUTHORIZED
    //  Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2025 11:23:12 GMT
    //  Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
    //  Content-Length: 0
    //  Connection: keep-alive
    //  Server: gunicorn/19.9.0
    //  WWW-Authenticate: Digest realm="me@kennethreitz.com", nonce="fbc6733e2f4d126e7a92d19918f42b0f", qop="auth", opaque="5a14177dc4089cb22c019e6df4fdaadf", algorithm=MD5, stale=FALSE
    //  Set-Cookie: stale_after=never; Path=/
    //  Set-Cookie: fake=fake_value; Path=/
    //  Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
    //  Access-Control-Allow-Credentials: true
    //  
    //  
    //  ---- Sending Sat, 30 Aug 2025 11:23:12 GMT ----
    //  GET /digest-auth/auth/myLogin/myPassword HTTP/1.1
    //  Host: httpbin.org
    //  Accept: */*
    //  Accept-Encoding: gzip
    //  Authorization: Digest ****
    //  
    //  
    //  ---- Received Sat, 30 Aug 2025 11:23:12 GMT ----
    //  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    //  Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2025 11:23:13 GMT
    //  Content-Type: application/json
    //  Content-Length: 50
    //  Connection: keep-alive
    //  Server: gunicorn/19.9.0
    //  Set-Cookie: fake=fake_value; Path=/
    //  Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
    //  Access-Control-Allow-Credentials: true
    //  
    //  {
    //    "authenticated": true, 
    //    "user": "myLogin"
    //  }
    }