PHP Extension

Configure HTTP Basic Authentication with SecureString

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

Background. A SecureString keeps sensitive values encrypted in memory, reducing the window in which credentials appear as readable plaintext. This is otherwise equivalent to SetAuthBasic.

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<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

$rest = new CkRest();
$bTls = true;
$bAutoReconnect = true;
$success = $rest->Connect('example.com',443,$bTls,$bAutoReconnect);
if ($success == false) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  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.
$ssUsername = new CkSecureString();
$ssUsername->Append('myUsername');
$ssPassword = new CkSecureString();
$ssPassword->Append('myPassword');

$success = $rest->SetAuthBasicSecure($ssUsername,$ssPassword);
if ($success == false) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$responseText = $rest->fullRequestNoBody('GET','/api/protected');
if ($rest->get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

print $responseText . "\n";

?>