API Token for JIRA REST API not working

[Greg Sternberg]

Earlier this month I converted from username/password to API token for my ruby script

options = {
 :site => "<jira site>",
 :context_path => "",
 :auth_type => :basic,
 "Authorization" => "Basic <base64 encoded email:apitoken>",
 "Content-Type" => "application/json",
}
@@client = JIRA::Client.new option

However, my ruby script only gets an HTTPError and when I try curl:

curl -D- -u <base64 encoded email:apitoken> -X GET -H "Content-Type: application/
json" <jira web page>

It prompts me:

Enter host password for user '<base64 encoded email:apitoken>':

If i enter the password curl gives me the web page. So I have two questions: 1) Why is curl prompting me and 2) why doesn't the script connect as it's using the same things as the curl command?

[Thomas Deiler · Accepted solution]

Dear @Greg Sternberg ,

just to be sure - you are using Jira Server, correct? Then you can only OAuth or basic auth. Api Token is for cloud, only.

Or do you connect against Cloud?

So long

Thomas

[Greg Sternberg]

It's the cloud (jira.com)

[Thomas Deiler]

Dear @Greg Sternberg ,

there is an article describing a solution for python. Hope you can translate this to Ruby.

So long

Thomas

[Greg Sternberg]

Thomas,

   The python code put me on the right track as it worked so I knew it had something to to with the jira-ruby package. So between reading the source and some experimentation the answer was simple - don't base64 encode and don't build the authorization header - i.e. do:

options = {
 :site => "<jira site>",
 :context_path => "",
 :auth_type => :basic,
 :user => "<email>",
 :password => "<apitoken>",
}
@client = JIRA::Client.new option

Thanks!

[Ian Russel Adem]

JIRA authentication so confusing.You must have a concise "rightway to do it" documentation.