(Chilkat2-Python) REST Basic Auth with Secure Strings

Demonstrates how to do REST Basic authentication using secure strings.

This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.71 or greater.

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import sys
import chilkat2

# This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

# Imagine we've previously saved our encrypted login and password within a JSON config file
# that contains this:

# {
#   "http_login": "mCrOmA7mBA7Au9RuJGb9hw==",
#   "http_password": "jJtiI9TgErTTpqBz9JtHBw=="
# }

json = chilkat2.JsonObject()
json.LoadFile("qa_data/passwords/http.json")

crypt = chilkat2.Crypt2()

# These are the encryption settings we previously used to encrypt the credentials within the JSON config file.
crypt.CryptAlgorithm = "aes"
crypt.CipherMode = "cbc"
crypt.KeyLength = 128
crypt.SetEncodedKey("000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F","hex")
crypt.SetEncodedIV("000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F","hex")
crypt.EncodingMode = "base64"

ssLogin = chilkat2.SecureString()
ssPassword = chilkat2.SecureString()

# Decrypt to the secure string.  (the strings will still held in memory encrypted, but are now encrypted using
# a randomly generated session key.)
crypt.DecryptSecureENC(json.StringOf("http_login"),ssLogin)
crypt.DecryptSecureENC(json.StringOf("http_password"),ssPassword)

rest = chilkat2.Rest()

# Connect to a REST server.
bTls = True
port = 443
bAutoReconnect = True
success = rest.Connect("chilkatsoft.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect)

# Cause the "Authorization: Basic ..." header to be added to HTTP requests
rest.SetAuthBasicSecure(ssLogin,ssPassword)

responseJson = rest.FullRequestNoBody("GET","/helloWorld.html")
if (rest.LastMethodSuccess != True):
    print(rest.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# Show the LastRequestHeader that was sent.
print(rest.LastRequestHeader)

# The LastRequestHeader looks like this:

# Host: chilkatsoft.com
# Authorization: Basic bXlIdHRwTG9naW46bXlIdHRwUGFzc3dvcmQ=