PHP ActiveX

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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<?php

$success = 0;

$rest = new COM("Chilkat.Rest");
$bTls = 1;
$bAutoReconnect = 1;
$success = $rest->Connect('example.com',443,$bTls,$bAutoReconnect);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $rest->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Normally you would not hard-code secrets in source.  You should instead obtain them from an
//  interactive prompt, environment variable, or a secrets vault.
$username = 'myUsername';
$password = 'myPassword';
$success = $rest->SetAuthBasic($username,$password);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $rest->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  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();

print 'Authentication cleared.' . "\n";

?>