REST API Authentication with ActiveDirectory-Plugin

[nicolamarangoni]

Hello,

I have an application that publish pages to confluence on premise using the REAT-API.

It was possible for example to publish using curl:

curl -u pha0s02p:<password> -X GET \
    "https://confluence.my-company.com/rest/api/content?title=MyPage&spaceKey=%7EMySpace&expand=body.storage%2Cversion"

Now the authentication works using ActiveDirectory. During Login, we are redirected to:

https://login.microsoftonline.com/3825a6f3-24cb-47d4-8aa2-35d3e5891324/saml2

Since then it is not possible anymore to interact with confluence using the REST-API because I get the error:

Basic Authentication Failure - Reason : AUTHENTICATED_FAILED

Basic authentication has been disabled because of active directory, I suppose. Which alternatives are available to login again using REST?

Best regards,

Nicola

[Dominic Lagger]

Hi @nicolamarangoni 

I'm not an expert of AD, but I've got some knowhow in REST API.

A simple solution would be to create a local user on confluence. 

This user should not be redirected to the AD. 

Can you verify or deny this? 

Regards, Dominic