How to tell (via the REST API?) if a Jira URL is cloud or server?

Question

We are building an integration and want to make setting up a Jira instance as easy as possible. We are asking the user to specify if their Jira is a cloud or server instance, and then enter the url.

We were wondering if it is possible to query the URL and tell if it's a cloud or server that way (then they wouldn't have to tell us it's a cloud/server). One less thing for them to type.

Eg, the drop down to this very question says Cloud products have an URL ending with atlassian.net. But is that a totally reliable way of telling the difference? Would a cloud instance ever be a custom domain?

Thanks!

Chris.

Christopher Poile · Answer

For our private test server it requires authorization for that url. Oddly, the cloud server doesn't. Is there a way to get the info without providing credentials?

Christopher Poile · Answer

Hi Taranjeet, thank you kindly for the answer. I think this won't work for us, because as soon as CLOUD-6999 is working (it already might for some customers, if I read that ticket right) we can't rely on parsing the URL.

But thanks for the quick response.

Taranjeet Singh · Answer

@Christopher Poile Did my answer help resolving your query?