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Jira REST API: A Practical Guide for SaaS Integrations

DEV Community·Benji Darby·28 days ago
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Three things burned me building a Jira integration for IssueCapture that the official docs don't warn you about: ADF for descriptions, refresh token rotation, and cloud_id discovery. What I expected to be a two-day integration took considerably longer. This covers all three, plus the OAuth 2.0 flow end to end. OAuth 2.0 (3LO): The Full Flow Jira Cloud uses three-legged OAuth 2.0. No API tokens for SaaS integrations — you need actual user consent. Step 1: Build the authorization URL const params = new URLSearchParams ({ audience : ' api.atlassian.com ' , client_id : process . env . ATLASSIAN_CLIENT_ID , scope : ' read:jira-user read:jira-work write:jira-work offline_access ' , redirect_uri : ' https://yourapp.com/oauth/callback ' , state : crypto . randomUUID (), response_type : ' code ' , prompt : ' consent ' , }); const authUrl = `https://auth.atlassian.com/authorize? ${ params } ` ; Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode offline_access is required if you want a refresh token.…

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