Ruby

Configure HTTP Basic Authentication for REST

Demonstrates Rest.SetAuthBasic, which configures HTTP Basic authentication from a username and password. Chilkat automatically adds the Authorization header to each request sent through the object.

Background. HTTP Basic authentication transmits credentials with every request, so it should be used over HTTPS. Credentials should be obtained from a secure source rather than hard-coded in production code.

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require 'chilkat'

success = false

rest = Chilkat::CkRest.new()
bTls = true
bAutoReconnect = true
success = rest.Connect("example.com",443,bTls,bAutoReconnect)
if (success == false)
    print rest.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

#  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"

#  Configure HTTP Basic authentication.  Chilkat automatically adds the Authorization header to
#  each request sent through this object.
success = rest.SetAuthBasic(username,password)
if (success == false)
    print rest.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

responseText = rest.fullRequestNoBody("GET","/api/protected")
if (rest.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false)
    print rest.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

print responseText + "\n";