SDET API Automation with Python. 1. Installation. Python ( https://www.python.org/downloads/ ) PyCharm ( https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/download/#section=windows ) Create an account on Jira ( https://id.atlassian.com/login ) pip install requests Create a basic AUTH token for Jira. echo -n user@example.com:api_token_string | base64 https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/basic-auth-for-rest-apis/ We will perform get/Post operation on Jira issue. Get issue GET /rest/api/3/issue/{issueIdOrKey} https://your-domain.atlassian.com/rest/api/3/issue/{issueIdOrKey} Using Basic Auth. import requests response=requests.get( 'https://qaclickcenter.atlassian.net/rest/api/3/issue/10001' , ...