Node.js

REST Basic Auth with Secure Strings

Demonstrates how to do REST Basic authentication using secure strings.

This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.71 or greater.

Node.js

NODEJS_PRELUDE

function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

    //  This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    //  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    //  Imagine we've previously saved our encrypted login and password within a JSON config file
    //  that contains this:

    //  {
    //    "http_login": "mCrOmA7mBA7Au9RuJGb9hw==",
    //    "http_password": "jJtiI9TgErTTpqBz9JtHBw=="
    //  }

    var json = new chilkat.JsonObject();
    json.LoadFile("qa_data/passwords/http.json");

    var crypt = new chilkat.Crypt2();

    //  These are the encryption settings we previously used to encrypt the credentials within the JSON config file.
    crypt.CryptAlgorithm = "aes";
    crypt.CipherMode = "cbc";
    crypt.KeyLength = 128;
    crypt.SetEncodedKey("000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F","hex");
    crypt.SetEncodedIV("000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F","hex");
    crypt.EncodingMode = "base64";

    var ssLogin = new chilkat.SecureString();
    var ssPassword = new chilkat.SecureString();

    //  Decrypt to the secure string.  (the strings will still held in memory encrypted, but are now encrypted using
    //  a randomly generated session key.)
    crypt.DecryptSecureENC(json.StringOf("http_login"),ssLogin);
    crypt.DecryptSecureENC(json.StringOf("http_password"),ssPassword);

    var rest = new chilkat.Rest();

    //  Connect to a REST server.
    var bTls = true;
    var port = 443;
    var bAutoReconnect = true;
    success = rest.Connect("chilkatsoft.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);

    //  Cause the "Authorization: Basic ..." header to be added to HTTP requests
    rest.SetAuthBasicSecure(ssLogin,ssPassword);

    var responseJson = rest.FullRequestNoBody("GET","/helloWorld.html");
    if (rest.LastMethodSuccess !== true) {
        console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    //  Show the LastRequestHeader that was sent.
    console.log(rest.LastRequestHeader);

    //  The LastRequestHeader looks like this:

    //  Host: chilkatsoft.com
    //  Authorization: Basic bXlIdHRwTG9naW46bXlIdHRwUGFzc3dvcmQ=

}

chilkatExample();