How to create Artifactory instance using only access token?

[dr4kk4r]

From what I can tell currently Artifactory class only allows for authorization via user name and password/api key.

How can I use access token instead?

[mohan-barathi]

Hi @dr4kk4r ,
did you manage to find an answer ?
I have the same question now. 🙄

[anancarv]

Hello, currently we cannot use access_token for authorization. I'll create a new PR to allow this possibility.

[nymous]

As @anancarv said, PyArtifactory only supports the basic auth scheme, which doesn't work with an access token (I guess you mean the "Identity tokens" as JFrog calls them, or "Scoped tokens" in another screen).
However, if you generate a "Reference token" (starting with cm if I trust my testing), which isn't an Identity token (a JWT) but an opaque reference to an Identity token, it will work everywhere: in basic auth, in the X-JFrog-Art-Api header, or in the Authorization: Bearer <token> header.

Generating a Reference token can be done with the API by passing the include_reference_token parameter, in the Administration > Access tokens screen by checking the "Create Reference Token" checkbox, or when creating a token from your user profile (it always generates a Reference token there).
Source: https://jfrog.com/help/r/platform-api-key-deprecation-and-the-new-reference-tokens/what-is-a-reference-token

[mohan-barathi]

The Reference token is working as expected, just like user_name and password.
Thank you @nymous 👍