Simple Java application with OAuth to send REST requests

[andrea schneider]

Hi

I would like to create a Java application that let's me do some stuff with REST requests using OAuth as authentication. The application will only be started within Eclipse. Is there anywhere such an example that really explains it all?

I was trying to follow this tutorial

https://developer.atlassian.com/server/jira/platform/jira-rest-api-example-oauth-authentication-6291692

but it is completely outdated and the downloads are missing too. Can anyone please give me starting point how I can achieve what I need? I would use it for the latest Jira version 7.13.

Thanks a lot for your help

[Stephen Sifers · Accepted solution]

Hello Andrea,

Thank you for bringing the documentation issue to our attention. I have created a support request to have the above document reviewed and all links validated to ensure we're providing helpful documentation.

I am working on getting an updated or relevant source so you may have at least a starting point for this. Please allow me some time to locate something for you.

Regards,
Stephen Sifers

[Stephen Sifers]

Hello again Andrea,

I found the following which seems to be more up-to-date with OAuth. OAuth for REST APIs. Within that document there is a Bitbucket repo with updated examples that won't give you a 404 when you attempt to download: https://bitbucket.org/atlassian_tutorial/atlassian-oauth-examples. 

Please let us know if this is what you're looking for!

Regards,
Stephen Sifers

[andrea schneider]

Hi Stephen

Sorry for the late response...

Thanks a lot for the links, I will try to get it working.

Best regards to Austin
Andrea

[sriprasanna.mg]

Hi Stephen,

Thanks a lot for the reference. Following the guide it was possible to make successful REST calls - GET with oauth. 

But we are now I am stuck with POST calls. Is there an example to do that?

I tried to extend the OAuthClient.Java with this method but always ends up in Error 405 - Method not allowed

 

[sriprasanna.mg]

Hi,

Problem is fixed!

Also make sure that the POST request body is specified correctly:

In my case I used VS Code for debugging - the double quotes are escaped properly only on using three backslashes \\\ 

Eg: 
"{\\\"globalId\\\": \\\"82411\\\",\\\"object\\\": {\\\"url\\\": \\\"http://google.com\\\",\\\"title\\\": \\\"This is a remote link\\\"}

}"