change(jira-auth): change JIRA auth method to use PAT

sync_issues_to_jira/README.md

@@ -183,12 +183,14 @@ The environment variables should be set in the GitHub Workflow:
 - `JIRA_ISSUE_TYPE` (optional) the JIRA issue type for new issues. If unset, "Task" is used.
 - `JIRA_COMPONENT` (optional) the name of a JIRA component to add to every issue which is synced from GitHub. The component must already exist in the JIRA project.
 
-The following secrets should be set in the workflow:
+The following secrets are needed for the workflow:
 
 - `JIRA_URL` is the main JIRA URL (doesn't have to be secret).
 - `JIRA_USER` is the JIRA username to log in with (JIRA basic auth)
 - `JIRA_PASS` is the JIRA password to log in with (JIRA basic auth)
 
+***IMPORTANT:** These secrets are inherited from the GitHub organizational secrets (as they are common to all Espressif GitHub projects) and should not be set at the repository level. (If set at the repository level, repo secrets take precedence over org secrets.)*
+
 # Tests
 
 test_sync_issue.py is a Python unittest framework that uses unittest.mock to create a mock JIRA API, then calls unit_test.py with various combinations of payloads similar to real GitHub Actions payloads.

sync_issues_to_jira/sync_to_jira.py

@@ -39,7 +39,16 @@ def main():
 
     # Connect to Jira server
     print('Connecting to Jira Server...')
-    jira = _JIRA(os.environ['JIRA_URL'], basic_auth=(os.environ['JIRA_USER'], os.environ['JIRA_PASS']))
+
+    # Check if the JIRA_PASS is token or password
+    token_or_pass = os.environ['JIRA_PASS']
+    if token_or_pass.startswith('token:'):
+        print("Authenticating with JIRA_TOKEN ...")
+        token = token_or_pass[6:]  # Strip the 'token:' prefix
+        jira = _JIRA(os.environ['JIRA_URL'], token_auth=token)
+    else:
+        print("Authenticating with JIRA_USER and JIRA_PASS ...")
+        jira = _JIRA(os.environ['JIRA_URL'], basic_auth=(os.environ['JIRA_USER'], token_or_pass))
 
     # Check if it's a cron job
     if os.environ.get('INPUT_CRON_JOB'):