REST call to /manage/profile results in Unauthorized, but provided API token is correct

[Anurag Bharati]

Unable to make a REST call to https://api.atlassian.com/users/<accountid>/manage/profile (https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/admin/user-management/rest/api-group-profile/#api-group-profile) as it always results in Unauthorized error. I’m giving the correct token as i can use same to make other rest call. Following is the curl command:

curl -k -X GET "<https://api.atlassian.com/users/<accountid>/manage/profile" -H "Authorization: Bearer <API-Token>" -H "Accept: application/json"
{"code":401,"message":"Unauthorized"}

<accountid> is also correct, checked it multiple times.

I’m puzzled by this behavior, please help me resolve this issue, thank you!

[David Nickell]

Good morning.   I have been doing REST API calls for decades and thought answering your question would be a slam dunk.  I haven't had to make any calls using the Bearer Token in quite some time.

So I was surprised that it has taken me 1 hour+ to get a REST call with a Bearer token working and it came down to using the instructions on this page.  The interface was different than I had seen in the past and the format of the token (key) was different as well.   But once I created the key through the new(er) interface, everything works as expected.

https://support.atlassian.com/organization-administration/docs/manage-an-organization-with-the-admin-apis/

Hope you find the same success I did by simply generating a new token this way.

AN UPDATE:   My use of the new Bearer Token is working fine -- but when I try to use the endpoint you asked about, I am getting FORBIDDEN which is different than the Unauthorized you are seeing. I'm not sure why I am forbidden on the user manager endpoints, but I'm moving on :-) 

[Dick]

Hi @Anurag Bharati 

The token you use holds the same permission level as the user that created it. 
I can imagine that user management calls requires admin permission. 

• Does the token that you use have such (user derived) permissions?

Kind regards,
Dick