using the Jira API to list all projects

[benji78]

I am having a little trouble with something that I think should be quite simple. I've created an OAuth2 (3LO) app for Jira (on Atlassian Cloud) and have successfully connected to it with my app (i.e.: got the token and I can call the API).

I call the API to get the correct "cloudId" as the documentation states.

The user that I am authenticating with when connecting via OAuth2 is an Administrator for the Jira project that I am trying to query.

When I use this endpoint:

> https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/api-group-projects/#api-rest-api-3-project-search-get

I get a response, but an empty one (i.e.: no projects listed):

> {"jira":{"self":"https://api.atlassian.com/ex/jira/[my-cloud-id]/rest/api/3/project/search?maxResults=50&startAt=0","maxResults":50,"startAt":0,"total":0,"isLast":true,"values":[]}}

The documentation states, as I understand it, that I should get a list of any project that the logged in user has "browse" or "administration" permissions for. My user has both.

Has anyone had a similar trouble?

Thanks in advance,
Ben

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Edit: searching by a specific project key works.

> https://api.atlassian.com/ex/jira/[my-cloud-id]/rest/api/3/project/TESTJ

So I therefore no longer think that this is a permissions issue.

The URL:

> https://api.atlassian.com/ex/jira/[my-cloud-id]/rest/api/3/project/search

Still returns an empty list of projects. I wonder if I am missing some kind of important parameter on this call?

[benji78]

Oops! This is my fault. Thank you @Bill Sheboy for the answer and indeed you are correct that the endpoint works.

I simply had the required HTTP header set to:

> token <token>

Instead of:

> Bearer <token>

So muppetry on my part, but perhaps this will help someone else one day!

[Bill Sheboy]

Hi @benji78 

I am glad that worked for you.  To help others find the solution faster, please consider marking this question as answered.  Thanks!

__Bill

[Bill Sheboy]

Hi @benji78  -- Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

I just tried getAllProjects and it worked for me:

https://docs.atlassian.com/software/jira/docs/api/REST/1000.824.0/#api/2/project-getAllProjects

Best regards,

Bill

[benji78]

Hi @Bill Sheboy thanks for your reply.

I had not seen this documentation before, so thank you for the reference. However, is seems that this API is authenticated via OAuth 1.0a or HTTP Basic Auth? I am attempting to support OAuth 2.0.

When I call the endpoint that you cite I get all public repositories, rather then private ones that I have access to. This implies to me that the API is not using my access token to authenticate.

I also note that the API root is different. In the API that you reference it is `https://jira.atlassian.com` but in the OAuth2 API it is `https://api.atlassian.com` with the latter requiring the "cloud ID" to be present in the URL.

Using the OAuth2 API here are my results:

`https://api.atlassian.com/ex/jira/${jiraUser.extra.cloudId}/rest/api/2/project/TESTJ`

> {"jira":{"expand":"description,lead,issueTypes,url,projectKeys,permissions,insight","self":"https://api.atlassian.com/ex/jira/ceef92b6-5ab7-4202-861d-ca1b2c54346d/rest/api/2/project/10000","id":"10000","key":"TESTJ"

`https://api.atlassian.com/ex/jira/${jiraUser.extra.cloudId}/rest/api/2/project`

> {"jira":[]}

And the same responses from the version 3 URLs.

It seems suspicious to me that specifying `TESTJ` at the end of the URL renders a result, but leaving this out does not return all projects...

Cheers,

Ben