How to catch in python failed login to jira ?

Przemyslaw Bak December 21, 2015

Hi all,

 

currently I am using the following code to login to JIRA using python:

...
jira = JIRA(options=jira_options, basic_auth=(user,pass))
...

Let's say the user provided wrong username or password. How do I know what is the reason of failed login ?

How do I catch that ?

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Joe Clark
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January 4, 2016

Ah, actually it looks like you are using the jira-python library? In this case it looks like you can rely on the HTTP Status code and look for a code of 401 to indicate a login failure.  Here's an example:

from jira import JIRA
from jira.exceptions import JIRAError

options = {
    'server': 'http://localhost:2990/jira'
}

try:
    jira = JIRA(options=options, basic_auth=('fred', 'blargh'))
except JIRAError as e:
    if e.status_code == 401:
        print "Login to JIRA failed. Check your username and password"

print "done!"
Przemyslaw Bak January 4, 2016

Thanks a lot @Joe Clark [Atlassian] smile

That is what I needed !

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Joe Clark
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January 5, 2016

No problem :)

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Pawan Kumar November 28, 2020

Thanks a lot @Joe Clark

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Joe Clark
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December 21, 2015

The HTTP response from JIRA will contain a HTTP header called X-Seraph-LoginReason.  If the header has a value of OK, then the login was successful.  If the header is absent, or contains any other value, then the login failed.

Note that if the JIRA instance is using a custom authenticator (such as if some kind of SSO integration is enabled), then different rules will be in effect at the full discretion of the specific authenticator.

 

 

Przemyslaw Bak January 4, 2016

Hi @Joe Clark [Atlassian],

can you please include some simple example showing how to deal with it ?

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