I want to test the rest api of jira but getting 404 error when trying to access it

[Mainak Sen]

This is my projects page in Jira cloud :

https://dawnofautomation.atlassian.net/secure/BrowseProjects.jspa?selectedProjectType=software

But when I am trying to access the rest api by https://dawnofautomation.atlassian.net/rest/api

or

https://dawnofautomation.atlassian.net/jira/rest/api  I am not being able to access the same 

The issue might be a very trivial one but I am not being able to find the cause .

Can you please help me out .

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

What happens when you try the urls that REST is actually available on?

[Mainak Sen]

Thanks for your prompt response .

now its working ,can you please provide me with any documentation on how to authenticate Jira  cloud  with  anything apart from basic authentication .

I will be using rest-assured library to  automate my Jira API test cases ...

But I  do not want to use the basic authentication via API token which I have been doing . Is there any workaround ??

Any help  in this regard would be much appreciated .

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

I think Warren beat me to it - the guide he's pointed to shows you the urls you need to use and leads to authentication docs.

[Warren]

Hi @Mainak Sen 

You haven't really said what you have done so far, which would help us to guide you. This is the REST API guide which will hopefully help you. If you are actually trying /rest/api with nothing beyond that, there's your problem - see the guide. What have you done in terms of authentication?

Finally, and I'm not sure one way or the other about this, but does the free product plan offer access to the API? I would think yes.

[Mainak Sen]

Thanks for your response Warren

As part of my process of learning API testing,I was trying to comment an issue in Jira via Postman 

I authenticated via basic authentication providing username and my API token 

but while trying to  access issue I was getting 404 error .

Now its working .

[Dario B]

Hi @Mainak Sen ,

Just to double-check, is further support needed or everything is now clear and you are able to add a comment using REST API? 

Cheers,
Dario

[Mainak Sen]

Hi Dario.I am good regarding this  as of now .Thanks for your support . Referring the API guide.If i find any problem hereafter I will definitely let you know