Token

[Venkat Thota]

Hi,

In this article https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-Service-Management-articles/Populate-a-user-picker-field-from-the-description-field/ba-p/2134905

2nd step - It will be needed to create an API token for the Web Request process. The Web Request needs your credentials and an API token encoded with base64:

But I don't see token being used. is that used in the authorization header?

How do i create api token is that something my admin gives it to me? 

[Ste Wright · Accepted solution]

Hi @Venkat Thota 

This article should help with how to create the token: https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-articles/Automation-for-Jira-Send-web-request-using-Jira-REST-API/ba-p/1443828

Ste

[Venkat Thota]

Thanks, Stephen. That was fast :-). Just to confirm, I create a base64 encoding of email:api token and use that as the Basic auth value. is that correct?

[Ste Wright]

Yes, I believe so :)

Best thing to do is give it a try with the wider rule, using the instructions in your original link!

Ste