It feels strange to answer to myself. But here is an answer which describes the best my original problem.

  • It is not possible to transfer cookies between 'agents'. That means if you get cookie via curl, you cannot supply it back to JIRA/REST via LWP.

    • Use cURL to retrieve original cookie? Then continue with cURL. If you plan to use LWP or JIRA::Client::Automated, like me, get cookie via this agent. See following code:

    use LWP::UserAgent;
use HTTP::Request;
my $user = "JIRAusername";
my $password = "Lamepassword";
my $jira_url = "put_your_server_here";
my $ck=LWP::UserAgent->new( );
my $getline= $jira_url . '/jiraurl/rest/auth/1/session'; 
my $request = new HTTP::Request (GET => $getline, HTTP::Headers->new('
+Content_Type' => 'application/json') );
$request->authorization_basic($user, $password);
my $answer = $ck->request ($request);
my $cookie = $answer->header('Set-Cookie');

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    The very last line gave me a lot of grey hair, so enjoy it, please. Now you have all cookies in variable. JIRA gives me normal 'JSESSION cookie' and token together. Authentication was NOT functional in case I have used only one of them.
  • Second pitfall - where and how to put cookie? I mean as a part of JIRA request.
    • Following piece of code is showing easy way to use it. I have created another lwp agent, just to show cookie is functional for independent one. 
    my $ua=LWP::UserAgent->new( keep_alive => 1 );
my $key = 'existing_issue_code'; #this is just for test. You can use a
+ny issue you get from web JIRA
$getline=$url . '/rest/api/latest/issue/' . $key;
$request = new HTTP::Request (GET => $getline, HTTP::Headers->new('Coo
+kie'=> $cookie ) );
$answer = $ua->request ($request);

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    Then just test return value, it shall be 200 and enjoy...

    I will spend some time by debugging of updated version of JIRA::Client::Automated and post it on CPAN later.

    In reply to Re: what is the correct way to set cookie in LWP::UserAgent by Eroln
    in thread what is the correct way to set cookie in LWP::UserAgent by Eroln

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