How to download attachments using REST API and SSO

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Problem 

When retrieving Jira information through REST API and SSO authentication, especially when both Jira and SSO are external and in different locations, some data may not be available with direct calls, such as attachments. In scenarios like this, the REST API lands at the SSO login page, not returning the expected data, and the alternative can be using cookies for authentication.

Here we are using SSO and PAT (personal access token).

Solution

The solution for scenarios as this is storing cookies and later using them in the call. As below:

  • Use a first call to store the cookie in a file

    curl -H "Authorization: Bearer xxxxx" -X GET <rest endpoint url> --cookie-jar ./storedcookie  
  • Then in a second call, the attachment download however using the cookie

    curl -L -H "Authorization: Bearer xxxxxx" <attachment rest endpoint url> --output test.png --cookie ./storedcookie


Example

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Last modified on Aug 31, 2023

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