Jira REST API authentication - examples not working

[Craig Anderson]

I'm trying to authenticate with the JIRA REST API in Python.   Using Jira Cloud.

I generated a Jira API token.

Using the jira Python package, I tried:

jira = JIRA(JIRA_URL, auth=(username, token))
issue = jira.issue("CM-877")

and got "Login failed".  I verified that 'username' and 'token' have the proper values.

I then tried something from the command line:

curl -D- -X GET -u mylogin@mydomain.com:TOKEN_VALUE -H "Content-Type: application/json" https://mydomain.atlassian.net/rest/api/issue/[issue name]

and I got "Basic authentication with passwords is deprecated".

I'm trying to follow the example at: https://developer.atlassian.com/server/jira/platform/jira-rest-api-examples/ 

Does someone have code that works?

[Vamsi Kandala]

Hi @Craig Anderson

Can you try generating the base64 encode of your credentials and try this?

curl -D- -X GET -H "Authorization: Basic <your base64 code>" -H "Content-Type: application/json" "https://mydomain.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/issue/[issue name]"

Replace '<your base64 code>' with the base64 string.

You can generate the base64 string online like at https://base64.guru/converter or https://www.base64encode.net/

You have to provide your credentials like 'mylogin@mydomain.com:password'.

Hope this helps.

Thanks,
Vamsi

[Blue Ridge Consultants]

You stated you're developing for Jira Cloud, but linked the API documentation for Jira Server's REST API.

https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/intro/

https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/basic-auth-for-rest-apis/

Then do as Vamsi suggested and include Base64 encoding.