Build Jenkins pipeline using HttpRequest - scala

Question

I try to execute a jenkins pipeline from a Scala app, but the authentication is required. So, I think before this request, I need to call the auth endpoint and get a token, then assign it on the headers.
val userToken = "user_token_generated_in_jenkins"
val pipelineToken = "pipeline_token"
val pipelineName = "HttpRequestTest"
// test1
val baseUrl = s"http://jenkins_address/view/Development/job/$pipelineName/build?token=$pipelineToken"
val response = Http(baseUrl).headers("token" -> "tried_a_valid_token_auth").asString
// test2
val url = s"http://auto:$userToken#jenkins_address/job/$pipelineName/build?token=$pipelineToken"
val response2 = Http(url).asString
If I can be sure that first test is wrong, why for test2, where I use the user token (generated in Users manager), it asks me to use extra token (generated by authentication)? Is a double verification and useless in my opinion.
As an emergency solution, I can execute the pipeline with curl using sys.process. But I prefer to solve it using Http library because I want to use generated token and not a specific username in my project code.
// test3
import sys.process._
val data = List("curl", "-u", "username:password", baseUrl).!!
How can I execute an HttpRequest using Jenkins User Token?
Thanks

Answer 1

If your Http(..) is from Akk-HTTP, the solution could be derived from here:
val authorization = headers.Authorization(BasicHttpCredentials("username", "password"))
HttpRequest(
PUT,
uri = "/user",
entity = HttpEntity(`text/plain` withCharset `UTF-8`, userData),
headers = List(authorization),
protocol = `HTTP/1.0`)
In case of scalaj-http it could be derived from here
With applying to your existing code, it should be like this:
Http(baseUrl).auth("username", "password").asString
By the way
I want to use generated token and not a specific username in my
project code
It is not a problem. You can construct your process' auth string dynamically. You are able to get the credentials from somewhere in the "native" Http solution, right? So you can construct your sys.process with the same getted-from-somewhere credentials by concatinating strings or string interpolation:
// test3
import sys.process._
val (username, password) = gettingFromSomewhereCreadentials()
val data = List("curl", "-u", s"$username:$password", baseUrl).!!