Atlassian Connect-Express: JIRA REST API authentication within the JIRA plugin

Question

i am using the atlassian-connect-express toolkit for creating Atlassian Connect based Add-ons with Node.js. It provides Automatic JWT authentication of inbound requests as well as JWT signing for outbound requests back to the host. The add-on is authenticated when i install it in the JIRA dashboard and return the following pay-load: { key: 'my-add-on', clientKey: '*****', publicKey: '********' sharedSecret: '*****' serverVersion: '100082', pluginsVersion: '1.3.491', baseUrl: 'https://myaccount.atlassian.net', productType: 'jira', description: 'Atlassian JIRA at https://myaccount.atlassian.net ', eventType: 'installed' }

But i am not able to authenticate the JIRA Rest Api with the JWT token generated by the framework. It throws below error message 404 '{"errorMessages":["Issue does not exist or you do not have permission to see it."],"errors":{}}' below is the code when i send a GET request: app.get('/getissue', addon.authenticate(), function(req, res){ var request = require('request'); request({ url: 'https://myaccount.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/issue/ABC-1', method: 'GET', }, function(error, response, body){ if(error){ console.log("error!"); }else{ console.log(response.statusCode, body); } }); res.render('getissue'); }); Below is the code for my app descriptor file: { "key": "my-add-on", "name": "Ping Pong", "description": "My very first add-on", "vendor": { "name": "Ping Pong", "url": "https://www.example.com" }, "baseUrl": "{{localBaseUrl}}", "links": { "self": "{{localBaseUrl}}/atlassian-connect.json", "homepage": "{{localBaseUrl}}/atlassian-connect.json" }, "authentication": { "type": "jwt" }, "lifecycle": { "installed": "/installed" }, "scopes": [ "READ", "WRITE" ], "modules": { "generalPages": [ { "key": "hello-world-page-jira", "location": "system.top.navigation.bar", "name": { "value": "Hello World" }, "url": "/hello-world", "conditions": [{ "condition": "user_is_logged_in" }] }, { "key": "getissue-jira", "location": "system.top.navigation.bar", "name": { "value": "Get Issue" }, "url": "/getissue", "conditions": [{ "condition": "user_is_logged_in" }] } ] }} I am pretty sure this is not the correct way i am doing, Either i should use OAuth. But i want to make the JWT method for authentication work here.

fredericmamath · Answer

Hello there,

As of 2023, I have met the exact same issue as you.

Did you manage to find a solution there ?