(Swift 2) hotelbeds.com REST API Authentication

Demonstrates how to calculate the X-Signature header and add to requests sent to api.test.hotelbeds.com.

For more information, see https://developer.hotelbeds.com/documentation/getting-started/

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func chilkatTest() {
    // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    // This example duplicates the following CURL statement provided in the hotelbeds.com "Getting Started"
    // developer documentation:

    // #!/bin/bash 
    // apiKey="yourApiKey"
    // secret="yourSecret"
    // curl -i \
    //   -X GET \
    //   -H 'Accept:application/json' \
    //   -H 'Api-key:'$apiKey'' \
    //   -H 'X-Signature:'$(echo -n ${apiKey}${secret}$(date +%s)|sha256sum|awk '{ print $1}')'' \
    //   https://api.test.hotelbeds.com/hotel-api/1.0/status

    var success: Bool

    // The "date + %s" command emits a UNIX date/time number such as 1605548842
    // We need to concatenate the apiKey, secret, and current date/time in UNIX (numeric) time format.
    let dt = CkoDateTime()
    dt.SetFromCurrentSystemTime()
    // Get the UNIX time string in the GMT timezone.
    var bLocalTime: Bool = false
    var unixTimeStr: String? = dt.GetAsUnixTimeStr(bLocalTime)
    print("\(unixTimeStr!)")

    // Use your own API key and secret.  (These are not valid values)
    var apiKey: String? = "227b20a2cb705e45f3b0a0944672dc07"
    var secret: String? = "54dc7ba9e2"

    let sb = CkoStringBuilder()
    sb.Append(apiKey)
    sb.Append(secret)
    sb.Append(unixTimeStr)

    let crypt = CkoCrypt2()
    crypt.HashAlgorithm = "sha256"
    crypt.EncodingMode = "hexlower"
    var signature: String? = crypt.HashStringENC(sb.GetAsString())

    print("\(signature!)")

    let http = CkoHttp()

    http.SetRequestHeader("Accept", value: "application/json")
    http.SetRequestHeader("Api-key", value: apiKey)
    http.SetRequestHeader("X-Signature", value: signature)

    var jsonResponse: String? = http.QuickGetStr("https://api.test.hotelbeds.com/hotel-api/1.0/status")
    print("\(jsonResponse!)")
    print("\(http.LastStatus.intValue)")

    // Sample output:  

    // 1605549542
    // 2146aefb36e7331b3b29aafd7638398ca22e689573224f1a71274d60bd201ec2
    // {"auditData":{"timestamp":"2020-11-16 18:59:02.430"},"status":"OK"}
    // 200

}