Jira Server API Postman Configuration

Question

I followed the instructions on https://developer.atlassian.com/server/jira/platform/oauth/ with the sample java code. The sample java code saved a config file to config.properties.

secret=xxx
jira_home=xxxx.com
consumer_key=xxxx
private_key=xxxxx
request_token=xxxxx
access_token=xxxxx

I am able to access using the java methods supplied in the documentation, but I'm having no such luck with Postman. I am either getting either:

* oauth_problem=signature_method_rejected
* oauth_problem=token_rejected

I think I may just have the config wrong in Postman. I have tried:

* Postman: Consumer Key: consumer_key
* Postman: Consumer Secret: private_key, secret
* Postman: Request Token: both request_token, access_token
* Postman Access Token: both request_token, access_token

I've tried a number of combinations, so I am wondering if either I am missing something or if I am simply just putting the wrong values into the corresponding spots in Postman.

Dan Siegel · Answer

I ended up using the Jira python library and creating a oauth function in python:

def oauth():    
 key_cert_data = None
with open('jira_privatekey.pem', 'r') as key_cert_file:
   key_cert_data = key_cert_file.read()    
 oauth_dict = {
  'access_token': '',
  'access_token_secret': '',
  'consumer_key': 'OauthKey',
  'key_cert': key_cert_data
   }
 return oauth_dict

Peter Nielsen_oukdou · Answer

Hi,

I really struggled with this but finally made it work using authentication in Postman and coping data from the working Jira example application

https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/jira-rest-api-oauth-authentication/

using

* OAuth 1.0
* Request headers
* Signature method as RSA-SHA1
* Consumer key from the example properties
* Access token from example properties
* Private key from the generated .pem file
* Tick 'Encode the parameters in the ....' under Advanced settings

Just to let others know :-)

Josh Nader · Answer

Put the Consumer key( the one that you entered in Applications Links when setting up the Application URL) and

oauth_token & oauth_secret in the Header section of the Postman call , keep the Authorisation Type as No Auth.

This worked for me.