JQL via API gives 400 but works in browser

Angela Brown_0byv37

Hello! I'm trying to do a JQL search through python, but having problems. I've successfully used the API to access a single issue, so I know the authentication is okay.

This works in my browser: https://<base-url>.atlassian.net/rest/api/3/search?jql=project = "CHOR" AND due >= "2025-04-07" AND due <= "2025-04-13" ORDER BY created DESC

And this is my python code (I simplified the JQL in case that was the issue):

searchURL = 'https://<base-url>.atlassian.net/rest/api/3/search'
jql = 'project = "CHOR"'
urlJQL = searchURL + '?jql=' + jql

auth = HTTPBasicAuth(email, token)
headers = {
   "Accept": "text/html,application/json",
   "Content-Type": "application/json"}
response = requests.request( "POST", urlJQL, headers=headers, auth=auth )

And the response I get is:

{'errorMessages': ['No content to map to Object due to end of input']}

Can somewhat help me figure out what I'm missing?

David Nickell

I would guess it is one of two things:

1. I believe the search endpoint is a GET not a POST (otherwise it wouldn't work in the browser)
2. The format of your authorization .. When I make my calls from Power Query, the Authorization header looks like what I have pasted below. 
   1. The really long string is Base64 encoded of my userid:apipkey
   2. I then use  https://base64encode.com/  to encode it.
   3. Be certain not to overlook the colon!!!  ":"  

Here is what the final header looks like

Authorization=Basic ZG5pY2tlbGxAc.......aRHFFMUxUNnpmNEZlclZJPUMwOTdEREFF

If this doesn't fix it --- feel free to plug your praramters into my excel sheet on my website (splitdimedata.com).  that might help you determine if your API key is the issue.

Thanks