Unicode C

CardConnect Test API Credentials

To test and validate site-level credentials, you can make a GET request with no body to the base URL.

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#include <C_CkHttpW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    HCkHttpW http;
    const wchar_t *url;
    const wchar_t *responseStr;

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

    // The CardConnect REST Web Service base URL includes a protocol, host, port and servlet specification.
    // 
    // For example:
    // https://<site>.cardconnect.com:<port>/cardconnect/rest/
    // 
    // This represents an HTTPS request to the REST web service base URL. 
    // The servlet name is fixed within the application; the host and port are assigned by CardConnect. 

    http = CkHttpW_Create();

    CkHttpW_putBasicAuth(http,TRUE);
    CkHttpW_putLogin(http,L"API_USERNAME");
    CkHttpW_putPassword(http,L"API_PASSWORD");

    url = L"https://<site>.cardconnect.com:<port>/cardconnect/rest/";
    responseStr = CkHttpW_quickGetStr(http,url);

    if (CkHttpW_getLastMethodSuccess(http) == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkHttpW_lastErrorText(http));
        CkHttpW_Dispose(http);
        return;
    }

    // If we get a 200 response status and an HTML response saying "CardConnect REST Servlet", then our credentials are correct.
    wprintf(L"response status code = %d\n",CkHttpW_getLastStatus(http));

    wprintf(L"response string:\n");
    wprintf(L"%s\n",responseStr);

    // Sample output:

    // response status code = 200
    // response string:
    // <html lang="en"><body><h1>CardConnect REST Servlet</h1></body></html


    CkHttpW_Dispose(http);

    }