diff --git a/ocflib/infra/rt.py b/ocflib/infra/rt.py
index 778f0d20..93f2eb60 100644
--- a/ocflib/infra/rt.py
+++ b/ocflib/infra/rt.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 from urllib.parse import urlencode
 
 import requests
+import json
+import copy
 
 
 class RtTicket(namedtuple('RtTicket', ('number', 'owner', 'subject', 'queue', 'status'))):
@@ -16,34 +18,57 @@ def __str__(self):
         ).format(self=self)
 
     @classmethod
-    def from_number(cls, connection, num):
-        resp = connection.get('https://rt.ocf.berkeley.edu/REST/1.0/ticket/{}/view'.format(num))
-        assert resp.status_code == 200, resp.status_code
+    def from_number(cls, _, num, auth):
+        """
+        Second argument left for compatibility purposes, alghough I think no programme
+        ever used this function when I wrote this, lol
+        """
+        resp = requests.get("https://rt.ocf.berkeley.edu/REST/2.0/ticket/{0}".format(num), **auth)
+        assert resp.ok, resp.status_code
         assert '200 Ok' in resp.text
 
-        lines = resp.text.splitlines()
+        jsonified = resp.json()
 
-        def find(header):
-            for line in lines:
-                if line.startswith(header + ': '):
-                    return line.split(': ', 1)[1]
+        return cls(
+            number=jsonified["id"],
+            owner=jsonified["Owner"],
+            subject=jsonified["Subject"],
+            queue=jsonified["Queue"],
+            status=jsonified["Status"],
+        )
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_latest(cls, _, queue, auth):
+        """
+        Second argument left for compatibility purposes, alghough I think no programme
+        ever used this function when I wrote this, lol
+        """
+        resp = requests.get("https://rt.ocf.berkeley.edu/REST/2.0/tickets?query=Queue='{}'&orderby=Created&order=DESC".format(queue), **auth)
+        assert resp.ok, resp.status_code
+        assert '200 Ok' in resp.text
+
+
+        jsonified = resp.json()
+        assert "items" in jsonified
+        assert len(jsonified["items"]) > 0
+
+        jsonified = jsonified["items"][0]
 
         return cls(
-            number=num,
-            owner=find('Owner'),
-            subject=find('Subject'),
-            queue=find('Queue'),
-            status=find('Status'),
+            number=jsonified["id"],
+            owner=jsonified["Owner"],
+            subject=jsonified["Subject"],
+            queue=jsonified["Queue"],
+            status=jsonified["Status"],
         )
 
     @classmethod
-    def create(cls, connection, queue, requestor, subject, text, **kwargs):
+    def create(cls, _, queue, requestor, subject, text, auth, **kwargs):
         """Create an RT ticket and returns an instance of the result"""
         # RT prefixes multiline strings by a blank space
         text = text.replace('\n', '\n ')
 
         data = {
-            'id': 'ticket/new',
             'Queue': queue,
             'Requestor': requestor,
             'Subject': subject,
@@ -51,37 +76,41 @@ def create(cls, connection, queue, requestor, subject, text, **kwargs):
             **kwargs,
         }
 
-        # RT's incoming data format has the form key: value, but these aren't HTTP Headers
-        body = ''
-        for k, v in data.items():
-            body += '{}: {}\n'.format(k, v)
+        # Look like crap but it works?
+        # There must be some more elegant way but idk
+        additional_kwargs = copy.deepcopy(auth)
+        if "headers" not in additional_kwargs:
+            additional_kwargs["headers"] = {}
+        additional_kwargs["headers"]["content-type"] = "application/json"
 
-        # RT requires the POST content to be sent with no filename hence 'content': (None, body)
-        resp = connection.post('https://rt.ocf.berkeley.edu/REST/1.0/ticket/new', files={'content': (None, body)})
+        resp = requests.post('https://rt.ocf.berkeley.edu/REST/2.0/ticket', json=data, **additional_kwargs)
         resp.raise_for_status()
         assert '200 Ok' in resp.text
 
-        match = re.search(r'Ticket ([0-9]+) created.', resp.text)
-        assert match, '200 response but no ticket number found in RT response'
+        assert "id" in resp.json(), '200 response but no ticket number found in RT response'
+
+        return resp.json()["id"]
 
-        ticket_number = int(match.group(1))
-        return ticket_number
 
+def rt_connection_auth(*args):
+    """Return the authentication required to access REST API.
 
-def rt_connection(user, password):
-    """Return a requests Session object authenticated against RT.
+    Accepts either a RtCredentials, a RtAuthenticationToken, a string (as token),
+    or two strings (as username and password)
 
     Currently, we only enable access to the REST API from a few select IPs.
     """
-    s = requests.Session()
-    resp = s.post(
-        'https://rt.ocf.berkeley.edu/REST/1.0/',
-        data=urlencode({'user': user, 'pass': password}),
-        timeout=20,
-    )
-    assert resp.status_code == 200, resp.status_code
-    assert '200 Ok' in resp.text
-    return s
+    if len(args) == 1:
+        if isinstance(args[0], RtCredentials): 
+            return {"auth": (args[0]["username"], args[0]["password"])}
+        elif isinstance(args[0], RtAuthenticationToken):
+            return {"headers": {"Authorization": "token {}".format(args[0]["token"])}}
+        elif isinstance(args[0], str):
+            return {"headers": {"Authorization": "token {}".format(args[0])}}
+    elif len(args) == 2 and all(map(lambda e: isinstance(e, str), args)):
+        return  {"auth": (args[0], args[1])}
+    raise ValueError("Auth credential provided is not valid")
+
 
 
 class RtCredentials(namedtuple('RtCredentials', [
@@ -93,3 +122,11 @@ class RtCredentials(namedtuple('RtCredentials', [
     :param username: str
     :param password: str
     """
+
+class RtAuthenticationToken(namedtuple('RtAuthenticationToken', [
+    'token'
+])):
+    """Token for programmatically accessing RT.
+
+    :param token: str
+    """