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Clear All Request Headers on a REST Object

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Demonstrates Rest.ClearAllHeaders, which removes every request header previously added to the object.

Background. Clearing headers is a convenient way to reset request state before reusing the same Rest object for an unrelated request.

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Lua
local chilkat = require("chilkat")

local rest = chilkat.Rest.new()

-- Connect to the REST server.  The 3rd argument enables TLS (use true for HTTPS on port 443),
-- and the 4th enables automatic reconnection if the connection is dropped between requests.
local bTls = true
local bAutoReconnect = true
local success = rest:connect("example.com", 443, bTls, bAutoReconnect)
if not success then
    print(rest.last_error_text)
    return
end

rest:add_header("Accept", "application/json")
rest:add_header("X-Custom-Header", "example-value")

-- Remove all request headers previously added to this object, for example before reusing the same
-- Rest object for a different request.
rest:clear_all_headers()

print("All request headers cleared.")