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Asked: 2026-06-15T04:05:33+00:00

I am writing an application using data from Redmine. I use its REST API

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I am writing an application using data from Redmine. I use its REST API to get data.

It works fine with projects or issues, but when I try to access users’ data I just can’t because it asks for credentials in the browser, and it responds with HTTP error code 401 to my HTTP request from my program.

How do I find a solution to this problem?

Environment:
  Redmine version                          2.1.2.stable
  Ruby version                             1.8.7 (i386-mingw32)
  Ruby on Rails version                    3.2.8
  Environment                              production
  Database adapter                         MySQL
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  1. Editorial Team

    I’ve figured out. It is described very detailed on the Redmine wiki.

    There are a couple of options to authenticate yourself.

    The easiest is to include a plus field in your query, named key. You must include your user’s REST API key there in each query.

    Like:

    localhost/redmine/users.xml?key=eaksdnynkdnasdfnaskdsar

    It is very interesting because in earlier versions (2.1.0) it asks for the authentication for each XML file. But in my version, 2.1.3, it doesn’t ask, only if I request users data.

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