How do I programmatically mimic interactive Microsoft OAuth login in a C# Azure Function calling our company’s JIRA API? Is mobile verification required each time?
I dealt with similar integration challenges a while back while connecting our C# Azure Functions to several APIs including JIRA. My approach was to completely avoid simulating an interactive login and instead use application-level authentication with proper token management. Once you set up a secure client credentials flow, caching tokens and automatically handling refreshes, the need for mobile verification is substantially minimized. In my experience, ensuring that tokens are securely retrieved and managed on the server side not only simplifies the authentication process but also significantly reduces potential issues with intermittent MFA prompts.
Based on my experience when working on a similar integration, the key is not to try and force an interactive Microsoft OAuth login within your Azure Function. Instead, it is more sustainable to use a delegated or client credentials flow along with proper token caching. I learned that you can avoid the repeated interactive login by acquiring and refreshing tokens behind the scenes. The mobile verification typically applies only when the session expires or when MFA settings enforce it, not each time you call the API. It is important to structure your function to handle token refreshes appropriately.
i’d say avoid interactive login; use a service acct to store and refresh tokens. dealing with mfa every time is a pain, so prefetch them with client creds and refresh only when needed rather than triggering mobile popups.
During a similar integration project, I discovered that relying on a service principal to handle token generation and refresh is more reliable than trying to replicate interactive logins. The key is to implement a system that caches tokens securely and refreshes them automatically before expiration. This approach eliminates the need for repeated user interaction or mobile verification, which only appears if conditions like MFA are triggered due to policy constraints. In my experience, streamlining the token management process results in better performance and fewer security hassles when working with JIRA APIs.
hey, i solved it by using service acct token caching. rather than mimicking an interactive login, i setup auto-refresh so mfa only happens on token expiry. works fine in my case, so gives u less hassle with repeated mobile prompts.