Unexpected status code received from API: 401,{\"code\":401,\"message\":\"Unauthorized\"

[sonia]

rootUrl := fmt.Sprintf("https://api.atlassian.com/app/report-accounts/")

request, err := http.NewRequest("POST", rootUrl, bytes.NewBuffer(requestBodyJSON))

if err != nil {

log.Errorf("failed to create HTTP request: %s", err.Error())

return nil, err

}

request.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")

request.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+jwtToken)

client := http.Client{

Timeout: time.Second * 300,

}

response, err := client.Do(request)

if err != nil {

log.Errorf("Error while sending HTTP request: %s", err.Error())

return nil, err

}

defer response.Body.Close()

body, err := io.ReadAll(response.Body)

if err != nil {

log.Errorf("Error while reading response body: %s", err.Error())

return nil, err

}

if response.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {

log.Errorf("jira.repo.jira_api: Unexpected status code received from API: %d,%s", response.StatusCode, body)

return nil, errors.New("error :Unexpected status code received from API")

}

[Brant Schroeder · Accepted solution]

@sonia Welcome to the Atlassian community

If you are getting a 401 error you are failing to authenticate.  Take a look at the documentation here on how to properly authenticate.  https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/intro/#version 

[Brant Schroeder]

@sonia please accept the answer to help others?