JWT Token generated always results in 401 Unauthenticated

[nithin bodanapu]

I have created a developer app and set the authentication to JWT as seen below.

{

  "key": "com.<product_name>",

"name": "<Product Name>",

"description": "Product Desctiption....",

"vendor": {

"name": "Slik"

},

"baseUrl": baseUrl,

"lifecycle": {

"installed": f"{baseUrl}/installed",

"uninstalled": f"{baseUrl}/uninstalled"

},

"authentication": {

"type": "JWT"

},

"scopes": ["webhook", "repository"],

"modules": {

"webhooks": [

{

"event": "repo:push",

"url": "/webhook_listener"

}

]

}

}

When I create the app, I get a client_id and client_secret and once I connect the app to a workspace, I get the following info

key: <Same as Above>

clientKey: 

ari:cloud:bitbucket::app/<Workspace UUID>/<key (same as above)>

publicKey: <Public Key>

sharedSecret: <client_secret>

While trying to generate the JWT Token I am using the python library atlassian_jwt as follows:

import atlassian_jwt

token = atlassian_jwt.encode_token(http_method="GET", url="https://api.bitbucket.org/2.0/repositories/<workspace name>/<repo name>/diff/96c7b8e", clientKey=<clientKey that was generated above>, sharedSecret="<Shared Secret from above>")

The token I get here, when used to make the call to the URL "https://api.bitbucket.org/2.0/repositories/<workspace name>/<repo name>/diff/96c7b8e" results in a 401 unauthorised error. 

Kindly let me know if I there is a mistake of some kind here which is causing this problem

[Patrik S]

Hello @nithin bodanapu and welcome to the Community!

The Bitbucket Cloud API documentation has a section containing instructions on how to exchange the JWT connect token for an OAuth access token that can then be used to make requests to Bitbucket Cloud API :

• Bitbucket Cloud JWT Grant (urn:bitbucket:oauth2:jwt) 

If after following those instructions you are still facing issues with the authentication, since this is more of an app development question, as you are using a developer app to authenticate, I would suggest reaching out to our community dedicated to developers: 

• https://community.developer.atlassian.com/

as they will have more expertise on this topic.

Thank you, @nithin bodanapu  !

Patrik S

[muhammad mudassir]

@Patrik S Atlassian has the worst documentation I have ever encountered.