How do I call JIRA as the user with Atlassian Connect Express?

[Konrad Garus]

Hello,

I'm building an add-on with Atlassian Connect Express. When JIRA calls my addon, I would like it to make a call back as the currently logged in user. For example, call /rest/api/2/myself and get Jimmy's profile.

How can I achieve it?

When I make the call using the snippet below, it returns information about the addon.

app.get('/myproject', addon.authenticate(), function (req, res) {
    var httpClient = addon.httpClient(req);
    httpClient.get('/rest/api/2/myself', function() { /* */ });
});

Even if I include the "Authorization: "JWT <token>" header, it gets overridden with that of the plugin, so the call still returns the addon's "profile".

[Travis Smith · Accepted solution]

This is not currently possible; there's an issue open, AC-1080, which you can vote, watch, and comment on. To act on the behalf of a user, it must happen in the user's browser session. 

[Konrad Garus]

Thank you. I guess I could also use the request library (or another HTTP client) directly with the JWT token coming on the server request, correct?

[Travis Smith]

Any JWT signed request would have the same behaviour, acting as the add-on user.