How do I use a personal access token (PAT) in jira-rest-java-client

[Chao Wang]

Hi all,

I currently use basic authentication with password as below:

```

JiraRestClientFactory factory = new AsynchronousJiraRestClientFactory();
URI jiraServerUri = baseUrl.toURI();
restClient = factory.createWithBasicHttpAuthentication(jiraServerUri, config.getUsername(), config.getPassword());

```

How do I use a personal access token (PAT) in jira-rest-java-client ? What's the correct method to get a restClient with PAT ? 

Is that correct to replace username with email address, and password with PAT with the same createWithBasicHttpAuthentication call ?

Thanks.

[Robert Wen_ReleaseTEAM_]

That does sound correct.

Username = email address

Password = PAT

and use Basic Authentication

[Chao Wang]

Thank you for the reply.

It seems to be this must use Basic Authentication (based on https://bitbucket.org/atlassian/jira-rest-java-client/src/ecc435281cfd046f155996025fcd418033a7a13f/core/src/main/java/com/atlassian/jira/rest/client/auth/BasicHttpAuthenticationHandler.java#lines-44), however, we're moving to use PAT and stop using basic authentication for our Jira.

Is there a way to just use bearer authentication with JRJC ?

e.g. in cURL I can get access to Jira with:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer <MyToken>" https://{JiraBaseUrl}/rest/api/content

Is that possible to achieve the same goal this in JRJC ?

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Edit: it seems that I must create a AuthenticationHandler as:

public class BearerHttpAuthenticationHandler implements AuthenticationHandler {

private static final String AUTHORIZATION_HEADER = "Authorization";
private final String token;

public BearerHttpAuthenticationHandler(final String token) {
this.token = token;
}


@Override
public void configure(Builder builder) {
builder.setHeader(AUTHORIZATION_HEADER, "Bearer " + token);
}
}

and create with this authentication handler like:

BearerHttpAuthenticationHandler handler = new BearerHttpAuthenticationHandler(config.getToken());
JiraRestClient restClient= factory.createWithAuthenticationHandler(jiraServerUri, handler);

[maksimkovalev]

AuthenticationHandler works!

[Alex]

Is jrjc with bearer authentication available in maven repository? 

[Ishani]

What is the use of this part-

public void configure(Builder builder) {
builder.setHeader(AUTHORIZATION_HEADER, "Bearer " + token);
}

And I am facing difficulty in creating the handler by this method.

BearerHttpAuthenticationHandler handler = new BearerHttpAuthenticationHandler(config.getToken());

[Chouhei Ngamba Ngangom]

Thanks @Chao Wang 

This helps! 

Created:

public class BearerHttpAuthenticationHandler implements AuthenticationHandler {

private static final String AUTHORIZATION_HEADER = "Authorization";
private final String token;

public BearerHttpAuthenticationHandler(final String token) {
this.token = token;
}


@Override
public void configure(Builder builder) {
builder.setHeader(AUTHORIZATION_HEADER, "Bearer " + token);
}
}

JiraRestClientFactory factory = new AsynchronousJiraRestClientFactory();
BearerHttpAuthenticationHandler handler = new BearerHttpAuthenticationHandler(<PAT>);
JiraRestClient restClient= factory.create(getJiraUri(), handler);

I just have to use factory.create(uri, handler) instead of 

factory.createWithAuthenticationHandler(jiraServerUri, handler);

Create Personal Access token