Configure HTTP Basic Authentication with SecureString

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Demonstrates Rest.SetAuthBasicSecure, which configures HTTP Basic authentication using SecureString objects instead of plaintext strings.

NODEJS_PRELUDE

function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

    var rest = new chilkat.Rest();
    var bTls = true;
    var bAutoReconnect = true;
    success = rest.Connect("example.com",443,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    //  SetAuthBasicSecure configures HTTP Basic authentication using SecureString objects, which keep
    //  the credentials encrypted in memory.
    //  Normally you would not hard-code secrets in source.  You should instead obtain them from an
    //  interactive prompt, environment variable, or a secrets vault.
    var ssUsername = new chilkat.SecureString();
    ssUsername.Append("myUsername");
    var ssPassword = new chilkat.SecureString();
    ssPassword.Append("myPassword");

    success = rest.SetAuthBasicSecure(ssUsername,ssPassword);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    var responseText = rest.FullRequestNoBody("GET","/api/protected");
    if (rest.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
        console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    console.log(responseText);

}

chilkatExample();