looking for a solution in downloading a Jira attachment

Question

I was originally using Jenkins plugin (Jenkins JIRA Pipeline Steps) to integrate Jenkins with Jira. Unfortunately, I am unable to successfully download the attachment(s) to my Jenkins worker node. Debugging this further, I attempted to use curl to GET the attachment: curl -L -O -k -u 'adrianj@ibm.com:/secure/attachment/3454761/test.txt. The file downloads, but the contents of the file is invalid and reference a 403 forbidden message:

Encountered a "403 - Forbidden" error while loading this page.

Basic Auth with password is disabled by the API Token Authentication app

Go to Jira home

Are there in proven solutions in place to download Jira attachments?

Nir Haimov · Answer

So all is good?

You managed to achieve your final goal? :)

Adrian Jordan · Answer

Thanks @Nir Haimov . Yes I saw that, which has led me down the path of using cookies. I have a solution in curl, by creating the cookie: curl -c /path/to/some/folder/cookie-jar.txt -u username:apitoken https:///rest/api/2/issue/?fields=attachment and then using it curl -b /path/to/some/folder/cookie-jar.txt "https:///secure/attachment/10100/portallog.jpg" --output /path/to/some/folder/portallog.jpg Source of reference: https://wiki.resolution.de/doc/api-token-authentication/latest/user-guide/knowledge-base/using-api-tokens-to-download-attachments

Nir Haimov · Answer

Hi @Adrian Jordan

You got 403 and it says to you:

Basic Auth with password is disabled by the API Token Authentication app

Means you have authentication problem