Visual Basic 6.0
Visual Basic 6.0
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.
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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Dim success As Long
success = 0
Dim rest As New ChilkatRest
Dim bTls As Long
bTls = 1
Dim bAutoReconnect As Long
bAutoReconnect = 1
success = rest.Connect("example.com",443,bTls,bAutoReconnect)
If (success = 0) Then
Debug.Print rest.LastErrorText
Exit Sub
End If
' Normally you would not hard-code secrets in source. You should instead obtain them from an
' interactive prompt, environment variable, or a secrets vault.
Dim username As String
username = "myUsername"
Dim password As String
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 = 0) Then
Debug.Print rest.LastErrorText
Exit Sub
End If
Dim responseText As String
responseText = rest.FullRequestNoBody("GET","/api/protected")
If (rest.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
Debug.Print rest.LastErrorText
Exit Sub
End If
Debug.Print responseText