Tcl

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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load ./chilkat.dll

set success 0

set rest [new_CkRest]

set bTls 1
set bAutoReconnect 1
set success [CkRest_Connect $rest "example.com" 443 $bTls $bAutoReconnect]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkRest_lastErrorText $rest]
    delete_CkRest $rest
    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.
set username "myUsername"
set password "myPassword"
set success [CkRest_SetAuthBasic $rest $username $password]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkRest_lastErrorText $rest]
    delete_CkRest $rest
    exit
}

#  ClearAuth removes any authentication providers and credentials previously configured through the
#  SetAuth* methods, for example before reusing the object for an unauthenticated request.
CkRest_ClearAuth $rest

puts "Authentication cleared."

delete_CkRest $rest