Use PKCE Access Token instead of API Tokens for JIRA REST Server API Access

[Aman Shivhare]

Hello,

We are currently trying to access jira rest api data in our NextJS UI app to show customized jira metrics off our project in JIRA. However, the UX experience is really suffering as in the API docs it's highlighted that user needs to input it's API Access Token in order to use the application. 

We need a way to use the PKCE access token generated during login to be exchanged for accessing JIRA REST API data instead of the JIRA API service token as described in the DOCs.

Thank you for helping!

[Alex Cevicelow · Accepted solution]

Sounds like OAuth 2.0 (3LO) apps - It lets users log in securely, and you can use the access token from that login to make requests to the Jira REST API without the manual token entry like you described.