Configure OAuth 2.0 Authentication for REST

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Demonstrates Rest.SetAuthOAuth2, which associates an OAuth2 provider containing a valid access token so Chilkat adds the bearer token to the Authorization header.

#include <C_CkRestW.h>
#include <C_CkOAuth2W.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkRestW rest;
    BOOL bTls;
    BOOL bAutoReconnect;
    HCkOAuth2W oauth2;
    const wchar_t *responseText;

    success = FALSE;

    rest = CkRestW_Create();
    bTls = TRUE;
    bAutoReconnect = TRUE;
    success = CkRestW_Connect(rest,L"example.com",443,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkRestW_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
        return;
    }

    //  Configure OAuth 2.0 bearer-token authentication.  The provider must contain a valid access token.
    oauth2 = CkOAuth2W_Create();
    //  Normally you would not hard-code secrets in source.  You should instead obtain them from an
    //  interactive prompt, environment variable, or a secrets vault.
    CkOAuth2W_putAccessToken(oauth2,L"OAUTH2_ACCESS_TOKEN");

    //  Associate the provider so Chilkat adds the bearer token to the Authorization header.
    success = CkRestW_SetAuthOAuth2(rest,oauth2);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkRestW_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
        CkOAuth2W_Dispose(oauth2);
        return;
    }

    responseText = CkRestW_fullRequestNoBody(rest,L"GET",L"/api/resource");
    if (CkRestW_getLastMethodSuccess(rest) == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkRestW_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
        CkOAuth2W_Dispose(oauth2);
        return;
    }

    wprintf(L"%s\n",responseText);


    CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
    CkOAuth2W_Dispose(oauth2);

    }