How to authenticate against the OnDemand JIRA REST API.

[Colin Callahan]

What is the recommended method of authenticating against the OnDemand JIRA REST API?

[Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist] · Accepted solution]

You can use 2 types of authorisation. Basic Auth or using Cookies. See User Authentication under https://developer.atlassian.com/display/JIRADEV/JIRA+REST+API+(Alpha)+Tutorial for details.

There are some more details which might help at http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOCSPRINT/The+Simplest+Possible+JIRA+REST+Examples

[Mauro Badii]

Recommended for Cloud: Cookie Based Authentication

 https://developer.atlassian.com/display/JIRADEV/JIRA+REST+API+Example+-+Cookie-based+Authentication

Basic authentication should only be done for simple tests. Because the user needs to authenticate on each request, it uses more resources and may cause system instability if used heavily.

[ashishpatel1323]

@Mauro Ezequiel Fernandez Badii - OAuth is not possible with Cloud?