Jira Rest API Authentication using bearer auth returning status 403

[donahcandia]

Hi,

I am currently doing a code in nodes that would search for a specific issues with a certain status assigned to a certain user. I am following the code that is found on this link: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/?utm_source=%2Fcloud%2Fjira%2Fplatform%2Frest%2F&utm_medium=302#api-api-3-search-get

What is not clear is the bearer part, I'm not sure where I can get the access_token. I've created a API-token already still it gives me a 403 status.

Below is the code I am using:

var options = {
method: 'GET',
url: 'https://wordbean.atlassian.net/rest/search?jql=assignee in ("username") and status in (Handover, "In Review") and type not in ("Epic", "Story", "Client Project", "Daily Task")'',
auth: { bearer: ('donahcandia@gmail.com:mj0G54PBrKrDKdbNRWnSB44A').toString('base64') },
headers: {

'Accept': 'application/json',
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
},
body: bodyData
};

request(options, function (error, response, body) {
if (error) throw new Error(error);
console.log(
'Response: ' + response.statusCode + ' ' + response.statusMessage
);
console.log(body);
});

How do I get and identify the access_token? and can anyone show on how to fix the bearer auth issue.

Thank you.

[davy]

Hi Donah,

To generate an access token on Atlassian Cloud please have a look at the documentation - API tokens

In the documentation you will also find an example how to use the token in your query

below I have added a curl example

curl -s -X GET -H "Content-Type: application/json" "https://wordbean.atlassian.net/rest/api/3/search?jql=assignee%20in%20('donahcandia@gmail.com')" --user donahcandia@gmail.com:mj0G54PBrKrDKdbNRWnSB44A

(assuming mj0G54PBrKrDKdbNRWnSB44A is your token)

Best Regards,

Ryans