(Delphi ActiveX) 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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uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Chilkat_TLB;

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procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
success: Integer;
json: TChilkatJsonObject;
crypt: TChilkatCrypt2;
ssLogin: TChilkatSecureString;
ssPassword: TChilkatSecureString;
rest: TChilkatRest;
bTls: Integer;
port: Integer;
bAutoReconnect: Integer;
responseJson: WideString;

begin
// 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 := TChilkatJsonObject.Create(Self);
json.LoadFile('qa_data/passwords/http.json');

crypt := TChilkatCrypt2.Create(Self);

// 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 := TChilkatSecureString.Create(Self);
ssPassword := TChilkatSecureString.Create(Self);

// 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.ControlInterface);
crypt.DecryptSecureENC(json.StringOf('http_password'),ssPassword.ControlInterface);

rest := TChilkatRest.Create(Self);

// Connect to a REST server.
bTls := 1;
port := 443;
bAutoReconnect := 1;
success := rest.Connect('chilkatsoft.com',port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);

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

responseJson := rest.FullRequestNoBody('GET','/helloWorld.html');
if (rest.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(rest.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// Show the LastRequestHeader that was sent.
Memo1.Lines.Add(rest.LastRequestHeader);

// The LastRequestHeader looks like this:

// Host: chilkatsoft.com
// Authorization: Basic bXlIdHRwTG9naW46bXlIdHRwUGFzc3dvcmQ=
end;