Basic authentication is accepted for user authorization. Basic auth requires API tokens. API tokens are generated and managed in API tokens tab on Jira’s Apps page.
Username. Token labels are used to create a username for a REST client. The username has the following format: tokenLabel@instanceName@stlassian.net.
Password. The password is API token itself. For example, Y71AteRwSra1keDalEvp0Y
You can also use our Postman collection for this and define {{tokenLabel}}, {{instanceName}} and {{apiToken}} as variables.
Authorisation for Automation rules
Authorisation header for web requests uses the same information but in a slightly different construct.
Below you can see an example of a constructed authorisation header:
Authorization: Basic user@stagil-test.atlassian.net:TDTJ9mu06roWwkLqUmlh45
where
user = token label stagil-test.atlassian.net = your instance URL TDTJ9mu06roWwkLqUmlh45 = token
Next, the string user@stagil-test.atlassian.net:TDTJ9mu06roWwkLqUmlh45 should be encoded via Base64.
The last step is to fill out the header with an encoded string as shown in the example to the right.