Call JSM Rest API from a 3rd party service

[beeam17]

I want to call some of JSM Rest APIs (write and read) from my Java Service that is not related to atlassian. Can I use basic auth to do that? It will touch my JSM Project only

[Marc - Devoteam · Accepted solution]

Hi @beeam17 

Welcome to the community.

Yes you can use basic auth. You will need to have a user in JSM with access to the project and create an API token for this user.

I recommend to create a service user for this and not use your own account.

Information on basic auth; basic-auth-for-rest-apis 

[beeam17]

Hi @Marc - Devoteam 

Many thanks for the reply

what do you mean by service user? Add specific user for api calls? And you its api token?

[Marc - Devoteam]

Hi @beeam17 

Yes add a specific user and use its API token.