Re: call WebApi requiring API token authorisation

[Lee <t.lee.davidson@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 1/19/26 6:16 PM, KKing wrote:
> call WebApi requiring API token authorisation
>
> What's the best way to code calling a WebApi requiring an API "BEARER" token embedded in a header?
>
> A quick google initially suggested using Curl but on
>      Debian 12 bookworm
>      Gambas 3.18.0 from the Debian repository for above
>      installed gambas3-gb-net-curl from Debian repository
>      Start new command line project
>      add gb.net.curl component
>      Dim myCurl as Curl
> etc ...
>
> but F8 fails on first line with
>      Class 'Curl' is not creatable (Main:5)
>
> On same unit, I can from terminal run Curl command with parameters and all works fine.
>
> Is there another component or step to allow this to work in Gambas?
>
> or
>
> should I be using httpclient now?
>
> If the latter is there good example to follow?
>
> K

Just use HttpClient. It uses Curl "under the hood".

You can pass custom headers as a string array argument to both the .Get and .Post methods. For example:
HttpClient.Get(["BEARER=gobbletygook"])


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Lee

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