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Remove a Request Header from a REST Request

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Demonstrates Rest.RemoveHeader, which removes all request headers matching the supplied name.

Background. Removing a header is useful when reusing a Rest object across requests that require different header sets.

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#include <CkRestW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

    CkRestW rest;

    //  Connect to the REST server.  The 3rd argument enables TLS (use true for HTTPS on port 443),
    //  and the 4th enables automatic reconnection if the connection is dropped between requests.
    bool bTls = true;
    bool bAutoReconnect = true;
    success = rest.Connect(L"example.com",443,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    rest.AddHeader(L"Accept",L"application/json");
    rest.AddHeader(L"X-Custom-Header",L"example-value");

    //  Remove a previously added request header by name.
    rest.RemoveHeader(L"X-Custom-Header");

    const wchar_t *responseText = rest.fullRequestNoBody(L"GET",L"/api/data");
    if (rest.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

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