How to perform the cookie base authentication through groovy in post script function.

[Muhammad Ali]

i want to cookie base authentication through script post function to call the rest api.

[Alexey Matveev]

Hello,

Kindly read the following article

https://developer.atlassian.com/jiradev/jira-apis/jira-rest-apis/jira-rest-api-tutorials/jira-rest-api-example-cookie-based-authentication

[Muhammad Ali]

Thanks Alexey, but this article is not opening as it says that we are unable to find the page you are looking for.

[Alexey Matveev]

try this one

https://developer.atlassian.com/jiradev/jira-apis/about-the-jira-rest-apis/jira-rest-api-tutorials/jira-rest-api-example-cookie-based-authentication

In short you would need to do the following:

1. Connect to Jira and get the cookie:

curl -X POST \
  http://jira.example.com:8090/jira/rest/auth/1/session \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{ "username": "myuser", "password": "mypassword" }'

It will return it the code like this

{
   "loginInfo" : {
      "lastFailedLoginTime" : "2013-11-27T09:43:28.839+0000",
      "previousLoginTime" : "2013-12-04T07:54:59.824+0000",
      "loginCount" : 2,
      "failedLoginCount" : 1
   },
   "session" : {
      "name" : "JSESSIONID",
      "value" : "6E3487971234567896704A9EB4AE501F"
   }
}

2. Use the cookie in the next REST API calls:

Take the value for JSESSIONID and add it to the next REST API call. For example like this

var Client = require('node-rest-client').Client;
client = new Client();
// Provide user credentials, which will be used to log in to JIRA.
var loginArgs = {
    data: {
        "username": "admin",
        "password": "admin"
    },
    headers: {
        "Content-Type": "application/json"
    } 
};

client.post("http://localhost:8090/jira/rest/auth/1/session", loginArgs, function(data, response){
    if (response.statusCode == 200) {
        console.log('succesfully logged in, session:', data.session);
        var session = data.session;
        // Get the session information and store it in a cookie in the header
        var searchArgs = {
            headers: {
                // Set the cookie from the session information
                cookie: session.name + '=' + session.value,
                "Content-Type": "application/json"
            },
            data: {
                // Provide additional data for the JIRA search. You can modify the JQL to search for whatever you want.
                jql: "type=Bug AND status=Closed"
            }
        };
        // Make the request return the search results, passing the header information including the cookie.
        client.post("http://localhost:8090/jira/rest/api/2/search", searchArgs, function(searchResult, response) {
            console.log('status code:', response.statusCode);
            console.log('search result:', searchResult);
        });
    } else {
        throw "Login failed :(";
    }
});

 That was code for Node.js. In post function you have to change it.  If you have any futher question , then ask

[Muhammad Ali]

@Alexey Matveev

i do not have the password of the user, if i would have it , i would have gone for the basic authentication, but to overcome this i want to get the cookie(JSESSIONID) so by passing it i could perform the cookie base authentication.

this has become the obstacle for me as i want to create the page in confluence on the script post function and to do this i have to perform the cookie base or oauth authentication but im unable to proceed with this. hoping to see a resolution from you on this problem.

Thanking in anticipation.

Regards

Aetisam

[Alexey Matveev]

JSESSIONID received after connection. You can not get it if you are not connected