Basic authentification not allowed jira cloud instance

[karim -Atlassway-]

Hello team

We are using jira cloud instance (connecting with google account ).

I'm searching for script to download a backup every week , i find this one , im not expert in writing script , but when i execute this script i get this error :

Error 

<Response [403]> Basic auth with password is not allowed on this instance

My python script :

import json
import time
import requests
from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth


def download_file(url, auth):
local_filename = "jira-export_{}.zip".format(time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d", time.gmtime()))
# NOTE the stream=True parameter
r = requests.get(url, stream=True, auth=auth)
with open(local_filename, 'wb') as f:
for chunk in r.iter_content(chunk_size=1024):
if chunk: # filter out keep-alive new chunks
f.write(chunk)
return local_filename


JIRA_HOST = "ist-efr.atlassian.net"
URL_backup = "https://%(jira_host)s/rest/backup/1/export/runbackup" % {'jira_host': JIRA_HOST}
URL_download = "https://%(jira_host)s/plugins/servlet" % {'jira_host': JIRA_HOST}
# Since ~ mid 2019 Atlassian has been deprecated basic auth login:pass.
# You should use email:apitoken instead
auth = HTTPBasicAuth("_email", "_api_token")
payload = {"cbAttachments": "true", "exportToCloud": "false"}
headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'Accept': 'application/json'}


def main():
backup_run = requests.post(URL_backup, data=json.dumps(payload), headers=headers, auth=auth)
if backup_run.status_code != 200:
print(backup_run, backup_run.text)
else:
task_id = json.loads(backup_run.text)['taskId']
print('Backup process successfully started ; taskid %s' % task_id)
URL_progress = "https://%(jira_host)s/rest/backup/1/export/getProgress?taskId=%(task_id)s&_=%(current_ts)s" % \
{'jira_host': JIRA_HOST,
'task_id': task_id,
'current_ts': int(round(time.time() * 1000))
}
time.sleep(10)
backup_status = {}
while "result" not in backup_status.keys():
backup_status = json.loads(requests.get(URL_progress, auth=auth).text)

print("Current status: {} {}; {}".format(backup_status['status'],
backup_status['progress'],
backup_status['description'] + ":" + backup_status['message']
)
)
time.sleep(120)

print("Downloading backup file")
try:
result = backup_status['result']
download_file(URL_download + "/%(fileName)s" % {'fileName': result},
auth)
except json.decoder.JSONDecodeError as e:
print('Something going wrong: %s' % e)
print('Last data: %s' % backup_status)


if __name__ == '__main__':
main()

 

Could some one help me 

Thank you 

Regards

Karim 

[Edwin Kyalangalilwa]

Hi @karim -Atlassway- ,

This error is due to basic authentication with password being deprecated.

Deprecation of basic authentication with passwords for Jira and Confluence APIs 

You'll have to create an api token and use that instead of your password.

API tokens 

[karim -Atlassway-]

Hello @Edwin Kyalangalilwa 

First thank you for your response .

all scripts that I found do not works .

have you please one example ?

Thank you 

regards 

[karim -Atlassway-]

hello @Edwin Kyalangalilwa 

Thank you for your response 

I used this for authentification 

#!/usr/bin/python3.6

# library modules
from jira import JIRA

user = 'karim.belhadj@ovyka.com'
apikey = ''
server = 'https://ist-efr.atlassian.net'

options = {
'server': server
}

jira = JIRA(options, basic_auth=(user,apikey) )


# print all of the project keys as an example
for project in jira.projects():
print(project.key)

I get this error  cannot import name 'JIRA' from 'jira' 

Thank you

[Edwin Kyalangalilwa]

I've updated your reply above and removed your apikey. Please delete this key and generate a new one for security reasons.

First you'll have to install the library

Download and install using pip install jira or easy_install jira

Either using

pip install jira

or

easy_install jira