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HMRC Validate Fraud Prevention Headers

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Demonstrates how to test (validate) HMRC fraud prevention headers. Unicode C

#include <C_CkRestW.h>
#include <C_CkJsonObjectW.h>
#include <C_CkStringBuilderW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkRestW rest;
    HCkJsonObjectW json;
    const wchar_t *accessToken;
    HCkStringBuilderW sbAuthHeaderValue;
    const wchar_t *responseStr;

    success = FALSE;

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

    rest = CkRestW_Create();

    success = CkRestW_Connect(rest,L"test-api.service.hmrc.gov.uk",443,TRUE,TRUE);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkRestW_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
        return;
    }

    // Load the previously fetched access token.
    json = CkJsonObjectW_Create();
    success = CkJsonObjectW_LoadFile(json,L"qa_data/tokens/hmrc.json");
    accessToken = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"access_token");
    wprintf(L"Using access toke: %s\n",accessToken);

    sbAuthHeaderValue = CkStringBuilderW_Create();
    CkStringBuilderW_Append(sbAuthHeaderValue,L"Bearer ");
    CkStringBuilderW_Append(sbAuthHeaderValue,accessToken);

    CkRestW_AddHeader(rest,L"Accept",L"application/vnd.hmrc.1.0+json");
    CkRestW_AddHeader(rest,L"Authorization",CkStringBuilderW_getAsString(sbAuthHeaderValue));

    // Add the fraud prevention headers.
    // See https://developer.service.hmrc.gov.uk/api-documentation/docs/fraud-prevention
    CkRestW_AddHeader(rest,L"gov-client-connection-method",L"DESKTOP_APP_DIRECT");

    // This should be generated by an application and persistently stored on the device. The identifier should not expire.
    CkRestW_AddHeader(rest,L"gov-client-device-id",L"beec798b-b366-47fa-b1f8-92cede14a1ce");

    // See https://developer.service.hmrc.gov.uk/api-documentation/docs/fraud-prevention
    CkRestW_AddHeader(rest,L"gov-client-user-ids",L"os=user123");

    // Your local IP addresses (comma separated), such as addresses beginning with "192.168." or "172.16."
    CkRestW_AddHeader(rest,L"gov-client-local-ips",L"172.16.16.23");
    // You'll need to find a way to get your MAC address.  Chilkat does not yet provide this ability...
    CkRestW_AddHeader(rest,L"gov-client-mac-addresses",L"7C%3AD3%3A0A%3A25%3ADA%3A1C");

    CkRestW_AddHeader(rest,L"gov-client-timezone",L"UTC+00:00");

    // You can probably just hard-code these so they're always the same with each request.
    CkRestW_AddHeader(rest,L"gov-client-window-size",L"width=1256&height=800");
    CkRestW_AddHeader(rest,L"gov-client-screens",L"width=1920&height=1080&scaling-factor=1&colour-depth=16");
    CkRestW_AddHeader(rest,L"gov-client-user-agent",L"Windows/Server%202012 (Dell%20Inc./OptiPlex%20980)");
    CkRestW_AddHeader(rest,L"gov-vendor-version",L"My%20Desktop%20Software=1.2.3.build4286");

    responseStr = CkRestW_fullRequestNoBody(rest,L"GET",L"/test/fraud-prevention-headers/validate");
    if (CkRestW_getLastMethodSuccess(rest) == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkRestW_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
        CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbAuthHeaderValue);
        return;
    }

    // If the status code is 200, then the fraud prevention headers were validated.
    // The JSON response may include some warnings..
    wprintf(L"Response status code = %d\n",CkRestW_getResponseStatusCode(rest));
    wprintf(L"Response JSON body: \n");
    wprintf(L"%s\n",responseStr);


    CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
    CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
    CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbAuthHeaderValue);

    }