Unauthorized (401) when I try to access JIRA REST API with PHP

Question

I'm trying to use JIRA REST API with PHP. When I copy the url below and paste it straight into the browser it works fine. The resulting issue is returned as json.

But with the code below it doesn't work. I get Unauthorized (401) as a return message. Yes, I have checked and double checked that the credentials are valid. This is my code:

$username = 'username';
$password = 'psw';
$url = "https://mycompany.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/issue/XXX-123";

$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_USERPWD, "$username:$password");
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0);

$result = curl_exec($curl);
echo $result;

Any ideas?

score 24 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 18 '15 at 18:34

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Solution: Use username and not email when providing credentials.

It turns out, even if you login with your email in JIRA, it's not the email you use here, but the username, which can be found in Jira->Settings->Profile

answered Feb 18 '15 at 18:34

Weblurk

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Yes, in my case the username was just the part before the @ (not the whole email address), and then it logged me right in. – Pat McG Jun 07 '15 at 02:29
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Shot this is great, Had me fooled for a sec or two – Ben Pretorius Oct 02 '15 at 07:23
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Can't believe this is still not mentioned in the documentation at Atlassian. Or at least I couldn't find it... – Darwind Oct 29 '15 at 21:02
Thanks, yes its not the email, its the username on JIRA profile. – Buminda Feb 11 '16 at 01:28
I lost 2 hours on this... damn JIRA – Francesco Belladonna Mar 22 '16 at 15:19
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seriously atlasian, get ur together – chulian Dec 08 '16 at 05:43

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 18 '15 at 16:13

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Try to remove https:// part from url.

Try to add

curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, CURLAUTH_BASIC);

answered Feb 18 '15 at 16:13

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Unauthorized (401) when I try to access JIRA REST API with PHP

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