XSRF error create project using jira-python

[thierry mallard]

Hi,

Please find a python script to list issues and to create project to a JIRA database.

# 
# 

from jira.client import JIRA

from jira.exceptions import JIRAError

user     = 'admin'
password = 'admin'
server   = 'http://10.5.123.121:8080'
jira = JIRA(basic_auth=(user, password), options={'server': server})    # a username/password tuple

# Get the mutable application properties for this server (requires jira-system-administrators permission)
props = jira.application_properties()

# Find all issues reported by the admin
issues = jira.search_issues('assignee=admin')

print "issues " + "(" + str(len(issues)) + "):" + str(issues)

projname       ="ProjetCreatedFromPython"
projkey        ="PROJPYTHON"
projassignee   =user

try:
        proj = jira.project(projkey)
except JIRAError:
   print "Create " + projname + "(" + projkey + ")"
   jira.create_project(projkey, projname, projassignee)

This gives the following output

ERROR:root:Unexpected result while running create project. Server response saved in d:\donnees\u00p3038\appdata\local\temp\python-jira-error-create-project-dkgnla.html for further investigation [HTTP response=200].
issues (6):[<JIRA Issue: key=u'TST-8', id=u'10602'>, <JIRA Issue: key=u'TST-7', id=u'10601'>, <JIRA Issue: key=u'TST-6', id=u'10600'>, <JIRA Issue: key=u'TST-4', id=u'10502'>, <JIRA Issue: key=u'TST-3', id=u'10501'>, <JIRA Issue: key=u'TST-2', id=u'10500'>]
Create ProjetCreatedFromPython(PROJPYTHON)

Listing issues works fine.

But creating a project fails with the error " Missing XSRF security token"

JIRA database is accessible through browser but I need to access via jira-python to automate project configuration.

Any hint?

Thanks in advance.

Thierry

[Tiago Comasseto · Accepted solution]

Hi Thierry,

You can disable XSRF token in order to avoid problems as the one you're seeing. This can be done following these steps:

1. Add the line jira.xsrf.enabled=false into the jira-config.properties file;
   In new JIRA installations, this file may not initially exist and if so, needs to be created manually.
2. Restart JIRA;
3. Double check the system info and verify that the property is pick up by JIRA.

I hope it helps.

Cheers

[Sorin Sbarnea (Citrix)]

This doesn't work for ON DEMAND, see https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRA-39153Any other workarounds?

[john doe]

Question is closed.

Thks

[thierry mallard]

Question is closed

Thks

[thierry mallard]

Thks Tiago.

This helps to go further.

But next error is "Administrator access", and project cannot be created.

But using same id, it works from a browser.

Is there anything in particular to configure to be able to create project from python?

Thks