Configure HTTP Basic Authentication for REST

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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.

func chilkatTest() {
    var success: Bool = false

    let rest = CkoRest()!
    var bTls: Bool = true
    var bAutoReconnect: Bool = true
    success = rest.connect(hostname: "example.com", port: 443, tls: bTls, autoReconnect: bAutoReconnect)
    if success == false {
        print("\(rest.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    //  Normally you would not hard-code secrets in source.  You should instead obtain them from an
    //  interactive prompt, environment variable, or a secrets vault.
    var username: String? = "myUsername"
    var password: String? = "myPassword"

    //  Configure HTTP Basic authentication.  Chilkat automatically adds the Authorization header to
    //  each request sent through this object.
    success = rest.setAuthBasic(username: username, password: password)
    if success == false {
        print("\(rest.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    var responseText: String? = rest.fullRequestNoBody(httpVerb: "GET", uriPath: "/api/protected")
    if rest.lastMethodSuccess == false {
        print("\(rest.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    print("\(responseText!)")

}