Xbase++

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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LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oRest
LOCAL nBTls
LOCAL nBAutoReconnect
LOCAL cUsername
LOCAL cPassword

nSuccess := 0

oRest := CreateObject("Chilkat.Rest")
nBTls := 1
nBAutoReconnect := 1
nSuccess := oRest:Connect("example.com", 443, nBTls, nBAutoReconnect)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oRest:LastErrorText
    oRest:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Normally you would not hard-code secrets in source.  You should instead obtain them from an
//  interactive prompt, environment variable, or a secrets vault.
cUsername := "myUsername"
cPassword := "myPassword"
nSuccess := oRest:SetAuthBasic(cUsername, cPassword)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oRest:LastErrorText
    oRest:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  ClearAuth removes any authentication providers and credentials previously configured through the
//  SetAuth* methods, for example before reusing the object for an unauthenticated request.
oRest:ClearAuth()

? "Authentication cleared."

oRest:destroy()