Connecting to Artifactory using API Token instead of Password

[Rampai94]

Hi,

Is it possible to add an enhancement to connect to Artifactory using API Token instead of Password?

Thanks,
Ram

[kwin]

Sure, are you able to raise a PR for that?

But I am not sure there is really something missing, because API token can be transparently used as password if I understand it correctly from https://jfrog.com/help/r/jfrog-platform-administration-documentation/basic-authentication.

[Rampai94]

Thank you @kwin. At high level, it looks like for API token there is a need to generate authorization header and pass it instead of a password.

Basic authentication:
curl --location 'https://MVN_SETTINGS_REPO/path/to/artifact' --header 'Authorization: Basic '

Bearer Token:
curl --location 'https://MVN_SETTINGS_REPO/path/to/artifact' --header 'Authorization: Bearer '

[Rampai94]

Am checking in local to see if I can submit a Pull request for this. Will keep you posted.

[Rampai94]

Please review this - #26

[kwin]

According to https://jfrog.com/help/r/jfrog-platform-administration-documentation/basic-authentication you can use API Token transparently via Basic Auth (no need to use a Bearer token). @Rampai94 Can you explain why this does not work for you?