private_token= vs job_token= #3234

stdedos

stdedos
Jul 19, 2025

I am not talking about the axl89@746c25f issues - but does the actual kwarg make a difference?

I have also seen

python-gitlab/gitlab/_backends/requests_backend.py

Lines 28 to 41 in f908f0e

    
           class PrivateTokenAuth(TokenAuth, AuthBase): 
        
               def __call__(self, r: PreparedRequest) -> PreparedRequest: 
        
                   r.headers["PRIVATE-TOKEN"] = self.token 
        
                   r.headers.pop("JOB-TOKEN", None) 
        
                   r.headers.pop("Authorization", None) 
        
                   return r 
        
           class JobTokenAuth(TokenAuth, AuthBase): 
        
               def __call__(self, r: PreparedRequest) -> PreparedRequest: 
        
                   r.headers["JOB-TOKEN"] = self.token 
        
                   r.headers.pop("PRIVATE-TOKEN", None) 
        
                   r.headers.pop("Authorization", None) 
        
                   return r

(main-as-of-now)

I mean - the "end result" is still

gitlab.exceptions.GitlabGetError: 404: 404 Project Not Found

Because probably

You can use a job token to authenticate with GitLab to access another group or project’s resources (the target project). By default, the job token’s group or project must be added to the target project’s allowlist.

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Jul 24, 2025
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Idk if ☝️makes a difference, but apparently I was hit by #1021 (comment).

At least, using either *_token=private_token makes the respective gl.*_token object return ... well, the respective token.

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