How can I register a webhook programmatically from a connected app?

[stevan]

Hi,

I created an app that uses oauth2 to ask for consent from the user in order to perform actions on their behalf.

I added the the following permissions and scopes as per Jira webhook API reference 

`read:fiield:jira`, `write:webhook:jira` and `read:project:jira`.

I successfully complete the oauth2 flow and obtain the token pair.

With the token I want to create a webhook using the API.

I tried using the token to get other resources and it's working. I am able to fetch the users issues and other resources.

I decoded the JWT on https://jwt.io and I see the correct scopes in the claims.

First I tried the official recommended way with the API token:

webhook_api_url = "https://my-instance.atlassian.net/api/rest/3/webhook"

headers = {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Accept": "application/json",
}

auth = HTTPBasicAuth("email@example.com", "my-api-token")

request = {
  "url": "https://example.com",
  "webhooks":[{"events": ["jira:issue_created", "jira:issue_updated"]}]
}


response = requests.post(webhook_api_url, headers=headers, json=webhook_data, auth=auth)

I get a `401`: `Client must be authenticated to access this resource.`

Then I tried using the Bearer token:

webhook_api_url = "https://api.atlassian.com/ex/{my-id}/rest/webhooks/1.0/webhook"

headers = {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Accept": "application/json",
    "Authorization": f"Bearer {my-token}"
}

request = {
  "name": "my webhook",
  "url": "https://example.com",
  "events": ["jira:issue_created", "jira:issue_updated"],
}


response = requests.post(webhook_api_url, headers=headers, json=webhook_data)

I get a `401`: `Unauthorized; scope does not match`.

Can someone help me with which request I am supposed to make?

[stevan · Accepted solution]

I solved it by giving my app the manage:jira-webhook classic permission.

It didn't work with the granular ones.

[marc -Collabello--Phase Locked-]

Hi @stevan ,

Maybe it's the "name" field in the webhook.  A name field is not defined in the documentation.