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Personal API Access Tokens

Personal API Access Tokens

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Overview

To use our APIs with Jira Automation, Postman, or other third-party systems, you must generate an API token. The following sections explain how to create tokens for various scenarios, how to choose the appropriate token lifespan, and how to revoke tokens that are no longer in use.

How to access tokens?

All your Personal Tokens are available via the following menu item:

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or ..

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Once you click on it you see API tokens management dialog

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How to create tokens?

To create a new token click Create API Token

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You would need to specify a name for it and expiration date. Personal tokens lifetime is limited to 12 months (1 year) for security reasons.

Click Save to generate the token.

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You can can view it and copy.

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Please make sure you keep your tokens secured.

Once you click Done you want be able to view the token again.

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How to revoke them?

To revoke the token either click Revoke at a specific token or Revoke all API tokens.

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Upon confirmation the token(s) will be revoked.

How to use them?

The main use cases for API access tokens are Automation jobs that could be triggered from Jira Automation, callbacks from CI/CD tools, other third party systems or manual triggering via Postman or other tools. Read more here:

What’s next?

In parallel to API tokens we are developing a so called Quick Links functionally when you can generate a link to trigger certain functionality within the App, e.g.

  • move version/package

  • achieve milestone

  • assign environment

  • etc.

Behind these quick actions there will be API calls made to execute. This is where you Personal API tokens will bring immense value.