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.

integer li_rc
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_Rest
integer li_BTls
integer li_BAutoReconnect
oleobject loo_SsUsername
oleobject loo_SsPassword
string ls_ResponseText

li_Success = 0

loo_Rest = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Rest.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Rest")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Rest
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if
li_BTls = 1
li_BAutoReconnect = 1
li_Success = loo_Rest.Connect("example.com",443,li_BTls,li_BAutoReconnect)
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Rest.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Rest
    return
end if

//  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.
loo_SsUsername = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_SsUsername.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.SecureString")

loo_SsUsername.Append("myUsername")
loo_SsPassword = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_SsPassword.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.SecureString")

loo_SsPassword.Append("myPassword")

li_Success = loo_Rest.SetAuthBasicSecure(loo_SsUsername,loo_SsPassword)
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Rest.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Rest
    destroy loo_SsUsername
    destroy loo_SsPassword
    return
end if

ls_ResponseText = loo_Rest.FullRequestNoBody("GET","/api/protected")
if loo_Rest.LastMethodSuccess = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Rest.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Rest
    destroy loo_SsUsername
    destroy loo_SsPassword
    return
end if

Write-Debug ls_ResponseText


destroy loo_Rest
destroy loo_SsUsername
destroy loo_SsPassword