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API REST on Confluence SERVER (not Cloud) : getting 401 authorization failed

Romain Lafond

Hi,

Often, I succed to find a solution to my problem via forums and internet. But, this time I'm stuck and I decided to share my problem because I think it could be useful for others confluence developers.

Environnement :

Confluence SERVER (not Cloud)
Presently, it's the first use of REST API for me

What I want to do ? Create a page from a website via a Restful call.

A POST call to "https://confluence.etsmtl.ca/rest/api/content/"

I installed the REST API Browser on Confluence Server.

I succed to call and create the page I wanted (see below).

REST API Browser.JPG

Then, I tried to use the same call from a different url (not from the same url of the confluence site). For that, I used ARC (Google Chrome pluggin).

When I send the call, I received a 401 - Unauthorized .

Basic Authentication Failure - Reason : AUTHENTICATED_FAILED
The request has not been applied because it lacks valid authentication credentials for the target resource.

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What is my code ?

POST /rest/api/content/ HTTP/1.1
HOST: confluence.etsmtl.ca
content-type: application/json
status: current
authorization: Basic XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
content-length: 200

{"type":"page","title":"----P1.new page(GUS vers Confluence)","space":{"key":"~romain.lafond@etsmtl.ca"},"body":{"storage":{"value":"<p>This is a new page</p>","representation":"storage"}}}

where XXXXX is myusername:mypassword in base64.

My username is the username in my profil (not my email).

Each time, I sent the request, I received 401 AUTHORIZATION FAILED, after 3 times, it became a 401 AUTHORIZATION DENIED.

In Confluence, on my user profile (sorry it's in French), my current number of connection failures is increasing each time i try. So, I understand, my username is correct.