How to supply authentication with Python for Confluence Cloud API

[Vincent Stevenson]

How do I include my apikey and username when I am using Confluence API? 

Here's my code: 

import requests
import json

url = "https://example.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/audit"

headers = {
   "Accept": "application/json"
}

response = requests.request(
   "GET",
   url,
   headers=headers
)

print(json.dumps(json.loads(response.text), sort_keys=True, indent=4, separators=(",", ": ")))

Where would I add the authentication?

Thanks!

[Dario B]

Hi @Vincent Stevenson ,

Welcome to the Atlassian Community.

This question has already been asked many times and by searching the community you can find threads having examples showing how to do so like, for example, the below one:

• How to use API token for REST calls in Python.

Please review above thread and let us know if it helps.

Cheers,
Dario

[Emilio Sebastian Carranza]

Hi Dario, the thread you are referencing is about Jira. Do you know if there is a similar solution to use with Confluence?

Thanks!

[Dario B]

Hi @Emilio Sebastian Carranza ,

Please notice that basic authentication with Atlassian Account (email address) and API Token works exactly the same way in Jira Cloud and Confluence Cloud. Therefore, the already provided example works for both.

For details:

• Jira Cloud: Basic auth for REST APIs
• Confluence Cloud: Basic auth for REST APIs
• API Tokens

Ciao,
Dario

[Emilio Sebastian Carranza]

Thanks, I got it now.