(Unicode C) 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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#include <C_CkJsonObjectW.h>
#include <C_CkCrypt2W.h>
#include <C_CkSecureStringW.h>
#include <C_CkRestW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkJsonObjectW json;
    HCkCrypt2W crypt;
    HCkSecureStringW ssLogin;
    HCkSecureStringW ssPassword;
    HCkRestW rest;
    BOOL bTls;
    int port;
    BOOL bAutoReconnect;
    const wchar_t *responseJson;

    // 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 = CkJsonObjectW_Create();
    CkJsonObjectW_LoadFile(json,L"qa_data/passwords/http.json");

    crypt = CkCrypt2W_Create();

    // These are the encryption settings we previously used to encrypt the credentials within the JSON config file.
    CkCrypt2W_putCryptAlgorithm(crypt,L"aes");
    CkCrypt2W_putCipherMode(crypt,L"cbc");
    CkCrypt2W_putKeyLength(crypt,128);
    CkCrypt2W_SetEncodedKey(crypt,L"000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F",L"hex");
    CkCrypt2W_SetEncodedIV(crypt,L"000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F",L"hex");
    CkCrypt2W_putEncodingMode(crypt,L"base64");

    ssLogin = CkSecureStringW_Create();
    ssPassword = CkSecureStringW_Create();

    // Decrypt to the secure string.  (the strings will still held in memory encrypted, but are now encrypted using
    // a randomly generated session key.)
    CkCrypt2W_DecryptSecureENC(crypt,CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"http_login"),ssLogin);
    CkCrypt2W_DecryptSecureENC(crypt,CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"http_password"),ssPassword);

    rest = CkRestW_Create();

    // Connect to a REST server.
    bTls = TRUE;
    port = 443;
    bAutoReconnect = TRUE;
    success = CkRestW_Connect(rest,L"chilkatsoft.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);

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

    responseJson = CkRestW_fullRequestNoBody(rest,L"GET",L"/helloWorld.html");
    if (CkRestW_getLastMethodSuccess(rest) != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkRestW_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
        CkCrypt2W_Dispose(crypt);
        CkSecureStringW_Dispose(ssLogin);
        CkSecureStringW_Dispose(ssPassword);
        CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
        return;
    }

    // Show the LastRequestHeader that was sent.
    wprintf(L"%s\n",CkRestW_lastRequestHeader(rest));

    // The LastRequestHeader looks like this:

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


    CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
    CkCrypt2W_Dispose(crypt);
    CkSecureStringW_Dispose(ssLogin);
    CkSecureStringW_Dispose(ssPassword);
    CkRestW_Dispose(rest);

    }