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Configure HTTP Basic Authentication for REST

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 Boolean
success = False

Dim rest As New Chilkat.Rest
Dim bTls As Boolean
bTls = True
Dim bAutoReconnect As Boolean
bAutoReconnect = True
success = rest.Connect("example.com",443,bTls,bAutoReconnect)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(rest.LastErrorText)
    Return
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 = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(rest.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

Dim responseText As String
responseText = rest.FullRequestNoBody("GET","/api/protected")
If (rest.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(rest.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

System.DebugLog(responseText)