API Token for JIRA REST API not working

Greg Sternberg

Earlier this month I converted from username/password to API token for my ruby script

options = {
 :site => "<jira site>",
 :context_path => "",
 :auth_type => :basic,
 "Authorization" => "Basic <base64 encoded email:apitoken>",
 "Content-Type" => "application/json",
}
@client = JIRA::Client.new option

However, my ruby script only gets an HTTPError and when I try curl:

curl -D- -u <base64 encoded email:apitoken> -X GET -H "Content-Type: application/
json" <jira web page>

It prompts me:

Enter host password for user '<base64 encoded email:apitoken>':

If i enter the password curl gives me the web page. So I have two questions: 1) Why is curl prompting me and 2) why doesn't the script connect as it's using the same things as the curl command?

Thomas Deiler_db00h3

Dear @Greg Sternberg ,

just to be sure - you are using Jira Server, correct? Then you can only OAuth or basic auth. Api Token is for cloud, only.

Or do you connect against Cloud?

So long

Thomas