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

Question

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 Answer

@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