Bulk remove users from 'confluence-users-xxxxx' group as user license cleanup API errors

[Darren Johnston]

Using python script to connect to atlassian API

was working 6  months ago.
Now getting:
03 Error - ['{"statusCode":403,"message":"com.atlassian.confluence.mvc.rest.common.exception.StacklessResponseStatusException: 403 FORBIDDEN \\"Request rejected because caller cannot access Confluence\\""}']

using this  endpoint

https://{BASE_URL}/wiki/rest/api/group/user

last admin was using 

endpoint 

f"https://{BASE_URL}/rest/api/3/group/user"  which is a Jira  endpoint but auth fail error for that one.

 any hints on what I doing wrong here??

[Tomislav Tobijas]

Hey @Darren Johnston ,

Are you using the user's API token or service account for this?

Can you try using scoped API tokens as described here: Scoped API Tokens in Confluence Cloud?
Note that you'll have to use a slightly different format here:

https://api.atlassian.com/ex/confluence/{cloudId}/wiki/rest/api/group/user

When talking about scripts and authentication, you can use these two methods:

• Basic Auth (Recommended for scripts): You must Base64-encode the string email:api_token.

  • Header: Authorization: Basic <base64_encoded_credentials>

• Bearer Token: If you are using a Service Account API key specifically designed for Bearer auth, use:

  • Header: Authorization: Bearer <api_key>

Can you try configuring these and see how that will go?

Cheers,
Tobi

[marc -Collabello--Phase Locked-]

Just a guess: maybe your API key expired.

[Darren Johnston]

Thanks but have created new api key