CkPython

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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import sys
import chilkat

success = False

rest = chilkat.CkRest()
bTls = True
bAutoReconnect = True
success = rest.Connect("example.com",443,bTls,bAutoReconnect)
if (success == False):
    print(rest.lastErrorText())
    sys.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 == False):
    print(rest.lastErrorText())
    sys.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.")