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hotelbeds.com REST API Authentication

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

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const std = @import("std");
const chilkat = @import("chilkat");

pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
    const alloc = init.arena.allocator();

    // 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

    // 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.
    const dt = try chilkat.DateTime.init();
    defer dt.deinit();
    dt.setFromCurrentSystemTime() catch {};
    // Get the UNIX time string in the GMT timezone.
    const b_local_time = false;
    const unix_time_str = try dt.getAsUnixTimeStr(alloc, b_local_time);
    std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{unix_time_str});

    // Use your own API key and secret.  (These are not valid values)
    const api_key = "227b20a2cb705e45f3b0a0944672dc07";
    const secret = "54dc7ba9e2";

    const sb = try chilkat.StringBuilder.init();
    defer sb.deinit();
    sb.append(api_key) catch {};
    sb.append(secret) catch {};
    sb.append(unix_time_str) catch {};

    const crypt = try chilkat.Crypt2.init();
    defer crypt.deinit();
    crypt.setHashAlgorithm("sha256");
    crypt.setEncodingMode("hexlower");
    const signature = try crypt.hashStringENC(alloc, try sb.getAsString(alloc));

    std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{signature});

    const http = try chilkat.Http.init();
    defer http.deinit();

    http.setRequestHeader("Accept", "application/json");
    http.setRequestHeader("Api-key", api_key);
    http.setRequestHeader("X-Signature", signature);

    const json_response = try http.quickGetStr(alloc, "https://api.test.hotelbeds.com/hotel-api/1.0/status");
    std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{json_response});
    std.debug.print("{d}\n", .{http.getLastStatus()});

    // Sample output:

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