Perform an Applinks REST request as administrator?

[Adrien Ragot 2]

I'm developing a Confluence & JIRA plugin, with REST resources on both sides. I use Applinks to authenticate requests. There is a REST resource in Confluence that should only be accessed from my JIRA plugin.

ApplicationLink appLink = filter(applinks.getApplicationLinks());
ApplicationLinkRequestFactory requestFactory = appLink.createAuthenticatedRequestFactory();
ApplicationLinkRequest request = requestFactory.createRequest(Request.MethodType.PUT, url);
request.execute();

This code executes the request as the logged-in JIRA user (e.g. if the user is 'user1' in JIRA, then it will authenticate the request as 'user1' in Confluence). It's not desirable, because I don't want 'user1' to be able to perform this call from the browser.

Simliarly:

• createAuthenticatedRequestFactory() executes as the current user,
• createImpersonatingAuthenticatedRequestFactory() also,
• createNonImpersonatingAuthenticatedRequestFactory() executes as anonymous.

Isn't there any Applinks request which can perform a REST call as an administrator?

[Volodymyr Krupach · Accepted solution]

I guess jiraAuthenticationContext.setLoggedInUser(user); is what you need.

[Adrien Ragot 2]

Excellent! And sorry that I'm new to JIRA, but how to I get the list of administrators? Just give me the general direction and I'll search. Thank you!

[Volodymyr Krupach]

I guess you can list JIRA admin group.

[Pradeep Pandit]

Hello,

I am trying to update applinks after refresh from production to QA and or development. Just wondering what is the best way to do it. I have seen some database queries in documentation. But it would be nice if there is a way to automate the update process.

Any help is appreciated...