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.

Use ChilkatAx-win32.pkg

Procedure Test
    Boolean iSuccess
    Handle hoRest
    Boolean iBTls
    Boolean iBAutoReconnect
    String sUsername
    String sPassword
    String sResponseText
    String sTemp1
    Boolean bTemp1

    Move False To iSuccess

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatRest)) To hoRest
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoRest))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoRest
    End
    Move True To iBTls
    Move True To iBAutoReconnect
    Get ComConnect Of hoRest "example.com" 443 iBTls iBAutoReconnect To iSuccess
    If (iSuccess = False) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoRest To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    //  Normally you would not hard-code secrets in source.  You should instead obtain them from an
    //  interactive prompt, environment variable, or a secrets vault.
    Move "myUsername" To sUsername
    Move "myPassword" To sPassword

    //  Configure HTTP Basic authentication.  Chilkat automatically adds the Authorization header to
    //  each request sent through this object.
    Get ComSetAuthBasic Of hoRest sUsername sPassword To iSuccess
    If (iSuccess = False) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoRest To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    Get ComFullRequestNoBody Of hoRest "GET" "/api/protected" To sResponseText
    Get ComLastMethodSuccess Of hoRest To bTemp1
    If (bTemp1 = False) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoRest To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    Showln sResponseText


End_Procedure