How to authenticate to confluence server via curl

Question

I want to authenticate to our confluence server via curl. I use curl https:///rest/pat/latest/tokens -H "Authorization: Bearer "-H "Content-Type: application/json" which results in

401

Client must be authenticated to access this resource. I also tried curl https:///rest/pat/latest/tokens -H "Authorization: Basic username:password"-H "Content-Type: application/json" All results in the above response. When I call the /rest/pat/latest/tokens via browser after successful login I receive the correct tokens. Are there any additional configuration settings in confluence to make the curl requests work? Thanks in advance!

twentyonetwice · Answer

@Andrii Maliuta Finally we solve this problem. All my requests were correct, but there was a http-proxy before our confluence installation.

Thanks for your efforts!

Andrii Maliuta · Answer

@twentyonetwice ,

I suppose this is some inconsistency of using the correct user with the correct permissions and corresponding token, as it works well in such cases with correct config. Could you please make sure the user has correct Global permissions and instance level permissions?

Just to make sure the access is OK, you can try to use other tool like Postman, HttPie, etc. to see if it works well.

twentyonetwice · Answer

Hi @Andrii Maliuta

I've tried it both ways, the Bearer Authentication and the Basic Authentication.

I've also tried it with rest/api/content, /rest/api/space and /rest/api/space/<SPACE_KEY>

None of those tries worked for me.