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Jira Automation: Can we store the response of the web request and fetch it in the subsequent trigger

Venkat_0d1i5v

Hi,

Is there a way to store the web request response somewhere and fetch it during the next time this automation runs?

My use case: I have generated an OAuth access token by sending a web request. If I am able to store it somewhere, then I need not generate it again, instead fetch it from where I have stored in the previous time when this automation was triggered.

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Yong Yang

Hi @Venkat

Welcom to our Community.

It's not recommended to store OAuth access token in somewhere because it's a so sensitive information and usually is encrypted.

I suggest each time you need, then you fetch it.

Thanks,

YY哥

Venkat_0d1i5v

Hi @Yong Yang

I understand, but is there a way to store non sensitive data in automation rules?

And is there a way to reach an endpoint which uses OAuth authentication, using "Send Web Request" Action?

Thanks,

Venkat

Yong Yang

Darryl Lee

Yep, Issue Properties, Project Properties, these are all fine places to store non-sensitive data.

But IF YOU ARE TEMPTED to put an OAuth token in there, you should be aware that any user who has view access on the issue or project, can view all associated properties via the REST API.

Examples:

https://YOURSITE.atlassian.net/rest/api/3/issue/BUG-6/properties

https://YOURSITE.atlassian.net/rest/api/3/project/BUG/properties

So again, you do not want to store anything like an Oauth token there, because it is definitely NOT protected.

Rick Westbrock

See my answer linked below in another thread for how you can make a web request to send the OAuth credentials and access the returned token to use in the next web request action:

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Automation-questions/Re-Jira-Automation-how-to-send-a-webrequest-to-an-endpo/qaq-p/2728931/comment-id/10862#M10862

Darryl Lee

Hi @Rick Westbrock

Yes, the {{webResponse}} smart value can be used in other web requests in the same rule.

But what @Venkat was asking for was a way to store an Oauth token so that it could be used in other rules.

That means storing it somewhere persistent, but also secure.

Rick Westbrock

Without seeing Venkat's automation rule my assumption was that they generated the token in some other fashion (such as Postman) instead of generating it with a web request action in the automation rule.

I should have explained that in most cases the token has a limited lifetime so eventually that stored token will no longer be valid and the rule will need to request a new token anyway.