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Matt

Jun 01, 2014 @ 10:32 PM

Is there a way to trigger a build via an API call or some other way? I'd like to chain builds.

Thanks,
Matt

1. Support Staff 1 Posted by Feodor Fitsner on Jun 02, 2014 @ 03:05 AM

   

   Hi Matt,

   Yes, you can use API to start a new build. Check this page for code examples calling API: http://www.appveyor.com/docs/api

   To start a new build call the following URL:

   POST https://ci.appveyor.com/api/builds
   

   with body:

   {
     "accountName": "<your-account>",
     "projectSlug": "<project-slug-from-URL>",
     "branch": "<optional-branch-name>"
   }
   

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2. Support Staff 2 Posted by Feodor Fitsner on Jun 02, 2014 @ 03:07 AM

   

   In general, you can use Chrome developer tools or Fiddler to see what's being called on API. AppVeyor UI uses API only.

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3. 3 Posted by scascarini on Jul 04, 2014 @ 08:50 AM

   

   I've been strugging getting this working

   I have in powershell

   `$token = 'token'

   $headers = @{ "Authorization" = "Bearer $token"}

   $body = @{accountName = "accountName"; projectSlug = "pslug"}

   $bodyAsJson = $body | ConvertTo-json`

   Invoke-Restmethod -uri 'https://ci.appveyor.com/api/builds' -Headers $headers -Method Post -Body $bodyAsJson

   And I get back
   {"message":"Project not found or access denied."}

   However by accident I entered

   Invoke-Restmethod -uri 'https://ci.appveyor.com/api/builds' -Headers $headers -Method Post -Body $body

   (ie with a non-json body) and this worked and successfully triggered a build!

   Is there a bug here or am I doing something else wrong ? (Although I'm happy to have triggered the build).

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4. Support Staff 4 Posted by Feodor Fitsner on Jul 04, 2014 @ 09:06 AM

   

   The latter is correct - -Body parameter must be an object, not a string (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh849971.aspx).

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5. 5 Posted by scascarini on Jul 04, 2014 @ 10:03 AM

   

   Invoke-Restmethod happily sends the body as Json (checked with Fiddler). My query was really that I read your comment (#2) above as the body having to be json rather than name value pairs.

   On reflection I tried setting the content type correctly (!)

   Invoke-Restmethod -uri 'https://ci.appveyor.com/api/builds' -Headers $headers -Method Post -Body $bodyAsjson -ContentType "application/json"

   and that works. So that's all good.

   If I leave the Content Type as the default (application/x-www-form-urlencoded) it also works with name value pairs

   Invoke-Restmethod -uri 'https://ci.appveyor.com/api/builds' -Headers $headers -Method Post -Body $body

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6. Support Staff 6 Posted by Feodor Fitsner on Jul 04, 2014 @ 10:11 AM

   

   I see, thanks for your notes.

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7. 7 Posted by Rifat Erdem Sah... on Aug 07, 2014 @ 02:37 PM

   

   Great Topic, Great Feature.

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8. 8 Posted by Rifat Erdem Sah... on Aug 08, 2014 @ 07:17 AM

   

   Script to copy paste
   ****************************************************************************
   $token = 'write_your_token_here'
   $headers = @{ "Authorization" = "Bearer $token"}
   $body = @{accountName = "write_your_account_name"; projectSlug = "write_your_project_name"}
   $bodyAsJson = $body | ConvertTo-json
   Invoke-Restmethod -uri 'https://ci.appveyor.com/api/builds' -Headers $headers -Method Post -Body $bodyAsjson -ContentType "application/json"
   ****************************************************************************

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9. 9 Posted by kerem on Mar 11, 2015 @ 03:11 PM

   

   Hello,

   We want to run our acceptance test project after deployment completes. While AWS Elasticbeanstalk needs 3-5 minutes to propagate the deployment.

   Is it possible to postpone trigger to run X minutes after initial build completes?

   Thanks,
   Kerem

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10. Support Staff 10 Posted by Feodor Fitsner on Mar 11, 2015 @ 04:55 PM

    

    There is no such ability right now. You could develop some kind of "buffering" service with delay inside or using Service Bus - just few ideas.

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11. 11 Posted by kerem on Sep 25, 2015 @ 09:33 PM

    

    Hello Feodor,

    I'm trying to trigger another project to make deployment to aws elastic beanstalk. I have the scripts ready but cannot post proper parameters and catch from the project I triggered.

    I need path to two of the artifacts to be post and referenced from other project. Can you help me with the ps script?

    Thanks,
    Kerem

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12. Support Staff 12 Posted by Feodor Fitsner on Sep 25, 2015 @ 09:43 PM

    

    Here you are. We've added some helper methods to call other project builds and download artifacts.

    This is how to start a new build of another "deployment" project: https://github.com/appveyor/simple-web/blob/master/appveyor.yml#L20...

    This is the "deployment" project downloading artifacts from first project and deploying them with selected method: https://github.com/FeodorFitsner/deploy-project/blob/master/appveyo...

    Let me know if you have any questions.

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13. Ilya Finkelshteyn closed this discussion on Aug 25, 2018 @ 02:00 AM.