How do I access the hosted Jira API via python?

red888

Using the JIRA python module this example works:

 

from jira import JIRA
jira = JIRA('https://jira.atlassian.com')
issue = jira.issue('JRA-9')
print(issue.fields.project.key) # 'JRA'
print(issue.fields.issuetype.name) # 'New Feature'
print(issue.fields.reporter.displayName) # 'Mike Cannon-Brookes [Atlassian]'

But I can get authentication working.

For example how do I query an issue named ISE-4 in a project name MYPROJECT

I tried authed_jira = JIRA(basic_auth=('myuser', 'mypass')) but this does not seem to work.

Does the hosted JIRA API support basic authentication?

Jeff_6i2s3d

EDIT: Standard basic authentication is now deprecated in Jira from June 2019.

An API key is required for basic authentication which now replaces the 'password' requirement. API key's can be generated from:  https://confluence.atlassian.com/cloud/api-tokens-938839638.html.

You should use the following format:

jira = JIRA(
  basic_auth=(un, pwd), 
  options={
    'server': server
  }
)

You need to pass in the server details as a connection option when you are specifying basic_auth.

in the example above, un pwd and server are all string variables.