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jira_cloud_rest_api_issue_fetch_with_basic_auth.py

python

Connects to the Jira Cloud REST API using basic authentication to retrieve and prin

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jira_cloud_rest_api_issue_fetch_with_basic_auth.py
1# This code sample uses the 'requests' library to communicate with the Jira REST API.
2# You can install it via: pip install requests
3import requests
4from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth
5import json
6
7# Replace these values with your actual Jira instance details
8url = "https://your-domain.atlassian.net/rest/api/3/issue/ISSUE-KEY"
9api_token = "YOUR_API_TOKEN"
10email = "YOUR_EMAIL_ADDRESS"
11
12auth = HTTPBasicAuth(email, api_token)
13
14headers = {
15  "Accept": "application/json"
16}
17
18response = requests.request(
19   "GET",
20   url,
21   headers=headers,
22   auth=auth
23)
24
25print(json.dumps(json.loads(response.text), sort_keys=True, indent=4, separators=(",", ": ")))