Artifactory allows authentication for REST API calls using your API key as an alternative to your username and password in two ways: either by using the X-JFrog-Art-API header with which you can specify an API key , or through basic authentication using your username and API key (instead of your password). For more details, refer to the REST API documentation.
Note
It is not recommended to use API Key- this feature has reached End of Life. The recommended way to configure API authentication is using reference tokens. For more infomation, see JFrog API Key Deprecation Process.
API Key Deprecation
As notified in Artifactory 7.47.10, API key has reached End of Life at the end of Q4, 2024. We have disabled the ability to create new API keys in Artifactory version 7.98. For more information, see JFrog API Key Deprecation Process.
To ease the migration to reference tokens, which replace API Key, we have shifted the control to you.
For Cloud users, starting from Artifactory version 7.107.1, the JFrog Platform UI includes a checkbox allowing you to control the API usage deprecation. Learn more
For Self-Hosted users, you can control the deprecation through your system properties. Learn more
Artifactory Minimum Supported Version
To use your API key for authentication, it must be generated using Artifactory 4.4.3 or later. If generated prior to 4.4.3, you must regenerate your API key and use the new key as a password for basic authentication.