Java

Clear REST Authentication Settings

Demonstrates Rest.ClearAuth, which removes any authentication providers and credentials previously configured through the SetAuth* methods.

Background. Clearing authentication is useful when reusing a Rest object for a request that must be sent without credentials, or before switching to a different authentication method.

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import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Rest;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Rest rest = new Rest();
        boolean bTls = true;
        boolean bAutoReconnect = true;
        try {
            rest.connect("example.com", 443, bTls, bAutoReconnect);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            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";
        try {
            rest.setAuthBasic(username, password);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        // ClearAuth removes any authentication providers and credentials previously configured through the
        // SetAuth* methods, for example before reusing the object for an unauthenticated request.
        rest.clearAuth();

        System.out.println("Authentication cleared.");
    }
}