Basic Auth with Jenkins http-request-plugin

Question

I am trying to make a simple POST-request with the "Http Request Plugin". My problem is with getting the credentials to work. I have set a global credential, user:pass.

But trying this in my code

withCredentials([usernameColonPassword(credentialsId: 'akamai', variable: 'akamai')]) {

    def response = httpRequest url: requestUrl, contentType: requestContentType, httpMode: requestHttpMode, requestBody: requestContent, authentication: akamai
    echo "Status: ${response.status}\nContent: ${response.content}"
}

results in

java.lang.IllegalStateException: Authentication 'user:pass' doesn't exist anymore

Answer 1

HTTP Request Plugin v1.8.18 now supports credentials in the Credentials Plugin (the HTTP Request Plugin v1.8.18 now depends on v2.1.3 of the Credentials Plugin).

To perform an HTTP request using a Jenkins credential you can use the following code:

def response = httpRequest authentication: 'credentialsID', url: "http://www.example.com"

where credentialsID is the ID of the credentials in Jenkins:

The basic credentials under Configure System > HTTP Request now states that the Basic/Digest Authentication is deprecated and to use Jenkins credentials instead:

Answer 2

The Credentials for the Http Request Plugin are not managed by the Credentials Plugin but rather under Configure System -> HTTP Request like shown in the picture.