Authentication with Jira CLI and a token instead of a password?

Andy Wegner

I am attempting to piece together how I can use the JIRA CLI with an API token instead of a password.

The example provided in the documentation is this

java -jar `dirname $0`/lib/jira-cli-7.8.0.jar --server https://my.example.com

 I've attempted to modify it to match curl examples provided [here](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-questions/How-do-I-get-an-authorization-API/qaq-p/818421) and on the API tokens documentation ([here](https://confluence.atlassian.com/cloud/api-tokens-938839638.html))

java -jar `dirname $0`/lib/jira-cli-7.8.0.jar --server https://my.example.com

However, this doesn't work. When I run

./jira.sh --action getServerInfo --outputFormat 2

I get:

This function requires a non-blank value for parameter password.

Moving the token to the password parameter doesn't work either:

java -jar `dirname $0`/lib/jira-cli-7.8.0.jar --server https://my.example.com

 Then rerunning:

./jira.sh --action getServerInfo --outputFormat 2

Remote error: User is not authorized to perform the request. Response code: 401.

I am an admin and should have fun access.

Question: How do I properly pass an API token to the jira CLI?

Bonus, in case I missed a permission: How do I grant a user access to utilize the API?

Prakhar Srivastav {Appfire}

@Andy Wegner

 

Can you please confirm your CLI version? The support for Access Token is available from CLI 7.7 . See the last comment on the ticket :

https://bobswift.atlassian.net/browse/ACLI-191

If your version is correct then you should be able to provide token in the password value.

Below is the documentation for this :

https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ACLI/pages/392757809/Authentication

 

Regards

Prakhar