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Connecting to JIRA with HTTP to API how to authenticate

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Posted on by drako 92

Hi,

   I have been trying to connect to JIRA using the HTTP request to GET data using the API. I have no success on how to pass the authetication token. I have done this with othe rPAI using the  header puting "Authorization" and in the value "Bearer XXX". This noramlly works but I'm not sure how to apply this with JIRA....has anyone doen this...does it need a custom connector? Documentation says it supports JWT and OAuth 2.0 (3LO)....

 

Help is really apprecuated as I'm stuck

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  • kierian Profile Picture
    kierian on at
    Re: Connecting to JIRA with HTTP to API how to authenticate

    For your scenario to be able pass data from and back to Power Automate flow you need to use HTTP trigger for Azure Function. It is like Web API, so you even can use route parameters if needed. Also Azure Function supports  There you can find more details about HTTP trigger https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/functions-bindings-http-webhook-trigger?tabs=csharp. In addition, there is good QuickStart guides: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/functions-create-first-function-vs-code?pivots=programming-language-csharp and  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/functions-create-your-first-function-visual-studio.

     

    After you create and test your Azure Function with HTTP trigger you need to create custom connector for this Azure Function. There you can find detailed step by step guide how to protect calls to Azure Function using Azure AD and how to create a custom connector for your Azure Function https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/custom-connectors/create-custom-connector-aad-protected-azure-functions.

     

    Hope this will help to achieve your goal. 

     

  • drako Profile Picture
    drako 92 on at
    Re: Connecting to JIRA with HTTP to API how to authenticate

    Hi Kierian,

     

      Why do we need to use Azure Functions and not the HTTP Request in Flow? As it is a call to an API the only thing I need is how to pass the authentication token to the JIRA API in the call. I have done this for other API but having trouble here....I imagine someone has done this with JIRA

     

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    CU25101813-0 2 on at
    Connecting to JIRA with HTTP to API how to authenticate
    This is 3 years old, but the first result I got back from Google so hopefully this will help somebody else out. I don't think this is the best way to do it, but I tested the API calls in Postman first. On the Authorization tab in Postman, select Basic Auth then input your username in the Username field and API token in the Password field. I think Postman converts the username and password to base64 before passing it in the header. Once I had that working I went to the Headers tab in Postman and copied the Value for the Authorization key. I could then paste that value into the HTTP action in Power Automate and it worked fine. I tried generating the header directly in Power Automate using base64('username@org.com:APIToken'), but didn't have any luck.
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    trice602 14,782 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at
    Connecting to JIRA with HTTP to API how to authenticate
    Hi,
     
    I will share what I have seen:  the connection to JIRA through Power Automate is not very stable and/or works well at all.  That's why there are not a lot of working examples using JIRA here or on the web.
     
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