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.

import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    boolean success = false;

    CkRest rest = new CkRest();
    boolean bTls = true;
    boolean bAutoReconnect = true;
    success = rest.Connect("example.com",443,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(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) {
        System.out.println(rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    String responseText = rest.fullRequestNoBody("GET","/api/protected");
    if (rest.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        System.out.println(rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    System.out.println(responseText);
  }
}