(VB.NET) Bitfinex v2 REST User Info

Retrieve the user ID, email, username and timezone setting for the account associated with the API key used.

For more information, see https://docs.bitfinex.com/reference#rest-auth-info-user

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

Dim http As New Chilkat.Http
Dim success As Boolean

' Implements the following CURL command:

' curl -X POST -H "bfx-nonce: nonce" \
'   -H "bfx-apikey: apiKey" \
'   -H "bfx-signature: sig" \ 
'   https://api.bitfinex.com/v2/auth/r/info/user

' Use the following online tool to generate HTTP code from a CURL command
' Convert a cURL Command to HTTP Source Code

Dim crypt As New Chilkat.Crypt2

Dim apiPath As String = "v2/auth/r/info/user"
Dim apiKey As String = "MY_API_KEY"
Dim apiSecret As String = "MY_API_SECRET"

Dim dt As New Chilkat.CkDateTime
dt.SetFromCurrentSystemTime()

Dim sbNonce As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
sbNonce.Append(dt.GetAsUnixTimeStr(False))
sbNonce.Append("000")
Dim nonce As String = sbNonce.GetAsString()

' This particular request has an empty body.
Dim body As String = ""

Dim sbSignature As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
sbSignature.Append("/api/")
sbSignature.Append(apiPath)
sbSignature.Append(nonce)
sbSignature.Append(body)

crypt.EncodingMode = "hex_lower"
crypt.HashAlgorithm = "sha384"
crypt.MacAlgorithm = "hmac"
crypt.SetMacKeyString(apiSecret)

Dim sig As String = crypt.MacStringENC(sbSignature.GetAsString())

http.SetRequestHeader("bfx-apikey",apiKey)
http.SetRequestHeader("bfx-signature",sig)
http.SetRequestHeader("bfx-nonce",nonce)

Dim resp As Chilkat.HttpResponse = http.QuickRequest("POST","https://api.bitfinex.com/v2/auth/r/info/user")
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


Debug.WriteLine("Response body:")
Debug.WriteLine(resp.BodyStr)

' Sample response body:

' [1234567,"joe@example.com","joe_trader",1527691729000,0,null,null,"Central Time (US & Canada)"]