Data Connection to API

[Peter Kakouros]

I am trying to create a data connection using an API and I do not understand where to add the authentication? Whenever I use JWT, the connection works for 1 hour and then the token expired and no long have access to the API. How do I configure the data connection to remain active?

[Mohanraj Thangamuthu]

Hello, Good day. Please share the steps that you followed to create the token. Thanks

[Peter Kakouros]

I created the token using Microsoft Authentication. This API: https://login.microsoftonline.com/[company tenantID]/oauth2/v2.0/token.

Then I take that token and add it  here (screenshot): But the token exipres every hour. There should be a way to add the token creation in the settings (OAuth) WHere is that?

[Mohanraj Thangamuthu]

Thanks. From Jira cloud you are creating a connection to Microsoft online. As this token is created and managed on the Microosft side, please followup with the Microsft team. Thanks

[Peter Kakouros]

I think you misunderstood what I want to achieve. I want to use an API with Oauth2 authentication. This is a world wide standard for API use. This is not just Microsoft, Google and many other API providers use this authentication. My question is can I get this while using data connections?

[Mohanraj Thangamuthu]

If you are looking to run API call against Jira cloud using the Oauth then the following link will help. https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirakb/how-to-use-oauth2-0-in-postman-client-for-jira-cloud-apis-1409092149.html

Still I am not clear on which end point is client and which end point is the server in your REST call.

[Peter Kakouros]

I want to create a custom drop down field in Jira that when you select it, an API call is executed that will return the body of the API call. I have it working but not with Oauth API, I can only setup a basic API authentication. My question from the beginning is how do I setup an API that uses oAuth authentication in a Jira custom field???

[Mohanraj Thangamuthu]

Please refer to the steps in https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirakb/how-to-use-oauth2-0-in-postman-client-for-jira-cloud-apis-1409092149.html

In this article Postman client is used, but process to create API is same

[Peter Kakouros]

Hello,

Can you please kindly send this request to another team member. You are not understanding the issue. This article you sent has absolutely nothing to do with Jira custom fields. 

Thank you for the effort.