How do we get access to the Jira REST API?

Question

We just signed-up for the free version of Jira Service Desk but how do we get access to the REST APIs so that we can develop integrations?

Alexis Robert · Answer

Hi @MARK HERRING

to use the Jira REST API, you will first need to create an API Key : https://confluence.atlassian.com/cloud/api-tokens-938839638.html

Once it's done, you can use this key to login with the API and query your Jira project : https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v2/

For example, you can query the API with this king of curl command :

curl -D- -u myuser@amycompany.com:REPLACEWITHTOKEN -X GET -H "Content-Type: application/json" mysite.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/project/REPLACEWITHPROJECTKEY/components

Let me know if this helps,

--Alexis