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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.

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import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Crypt2;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.DateTime;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Http;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.StringBuilder;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // 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.
        DateTime dt = new DateTime();
        dt.setFromCurrentSystemTime();
        // Get the UNIX time string in the GMT timezone.
        boolean bLocalTime = false;
        String unixTimeStr = dt.getAsUnixTimeStr(bLocalTime);
        System.out.println(unixTimeStr);

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

        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        sb.append(apiKey);
        sb.append(secret);
        sb.append(unixTimeStr);

        Crypt2 crypt = new Crypt2();
        crypt.setHashAlgorithm("sha256");
        crypt.setEncodingMode("hexlower");
        String signature = crypt.hashStringENC(sb.getAsString());

        System.out.println(signature);

        Http http = new Http();

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

        String jsonResponse = http.quickGetStr("https://api.test.hotelbeds.com/hotel-api/1.0/status");
        System.out.println(jsonResponse);
        System.out.println(http.getLastStatus());

        // Sample output:

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