Get Current User Info Request returns 403 Forbidden

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Hi,

I am trying to fetch the information for the currently logged-in user in my Jira Cloud plugin. I am mainly interesting in the Account ID, Name, Email Address of the user.

I am using Atlasian Connect Express application.

From my iFrame application (written in Angular), when I execute the below function, it returns me only the Account Id of the user.

        AP.user.getCurrentUser(function(user: any) {
          console.log("The Atlassian Account ID is", user.atlassianAccountId);
        });

However, when I try the Request module, I get 403: Forbidden

AP.request('/rest/api/user/current')
  .then(data => alert(data.body))
  .catch(e => alert(e.err));

I will appreciate if someone can help me to figure out the underlying issue, please.

Regards,

Ahmad Qarshi

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I think you should be doing a GET to /rest/api/3/myself and not /rest/api/user/current . Note that you’ll need to use the read scope in your descriptor.

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Hi Daniel,

Thanks for your prompt response. I have already set the read scope in the descriptor file but that didn’t work.

However, when I tried with a GET to /rest/api/3/myself, it did work and I received the required data. :+1:

By the way, what could be the reason for the failure of the /rest/api/user/current

Thanks a lot for the help.

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Welcome to the Atlassian Developer Community, @AhmadQarshi1!

Chiming in here, as @danielwester highlighted, Jira Cloud uses GET /rest/api/3/myself to get the current user.

Looking at the one you used - /rest/api/user/current - by any chance are you referencing Confluence Cloud’s Get current user API instead of Jira Cloud’s?

Cheers,
Ian

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Thank you @ianRagudo.

No I am using Jira Cloud. The very last function found here

Thanks,
Ahmad Qarshi

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It’s been more than one year, but for what is worth and maybe other looking-for users may find an answer here. I had the same issue, the solution in my case was to add scopes in the descriptor
https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/software/scopes-for-connect-apps/