Python JIRA client returning 401 error

Question

I tried using Python JIRA client with following code:

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

from jira.client import JIRA

jira = JIRA(options={'server': 'http://server.atlassian.net'},
            basic_auth=('[email protected]', 'pass'))

projects = jira.projects()

for v in projects:
    print v

And I got following error:

Got recoverable error from GET https://server.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/serverInfo, will retry [1/3] in 17.5832343958s. Err: 401 Unauthorized

Using python 2.7 (virtualenv), installed using pip install jira. I tried using my username and email and am certain that my login credentials are correct (I can login using my browser with same credentials without a problem). Any tips what am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

Suggest to go here: https://id.atlassian.com/manage/api-tokens and create an API token.

To connect with the Python JIRA client, use your email address as the username, and the token value as the password.