does a REST api need authentication when calling it on a servlet?

[jacob delddd]

I want to read all the sprint names on jira, but 'greenhopper' is just a pain to work with. So i wanted to use REST api's, but i noticed there needs to be authentication (username & password) when you want to acces the sprintnames. Can't this be avoided, because i'm working within a servlet? (notice: cookie authentication is going to be removed by jira themself)

Thank you for your time!

[Alexey Matveev · Accepted solution]

Hello,

You cant avoid authentication working in a servlet. You can read my article on how to  work with Jira Software:

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Agile-articles/How-to-use-Jira-Software-functionality-in-a-Jira-plugin/ba-p/779854

[jacob delddd]

isn't there a possibility to avoid manual authentication (so that the user doesn't need to type the password himself)? Like combining api.auth.LoginUriProvider with greenhopper rest api?