Check https://github.com/jenkinsci/credentials-plugin/blob/master/docs/consumer.adoc for how to access credentials from a plugin.
Björn halleys...@gmail.com schrieb am Donnerstag, 20. Mai 2021 um 13:45:30 UTC+2: > I want to read a particular user name added in the config.xml under > "com.cloudbees.plugins.credentials.impl.UsernamePasswordCredentialsImpl" > tag for now but later I may require to read other values as well. I was > trying to retrieve the xml first, parse it and then read the value. Below > is the further explanation of my requirement. > > In my Jenkins instance, the jobs are organized in folders. There are > credentials being added in the folder configuration which I can see by > accessing the URL for the config.xml. Then I have another event publisher > plugin where I need the username from the folder configuration. I initially > thought that the username can be extracted by parsing the config.xml file > and I am not aware of any way to get this information in the event > publisher plugin and I am not sure how to use Java API to access this value > without retrieving the xml. Could you please elaborate how Java API can be > be used to read the desire value? Can anyone please provide me some > guidance regarding this? > > On Wednesday, 19 May 2021 at 18:45:17 UTC+5:30 ullrich...@gmail.com wrote: > >> >> Am 19.05.2021 um 11:42 schrieb HALLEY SALAM <halleys...@gmail.com>: >> >> Greetings, >> >> I am new to Jenkins and just started contributing to developing a plugin >> for Jenkins where I need to extract some values from the job config.xml. >> >> What do you want to read? >> >> >> I am able to retrieve the config.xml with the below approaches: >> >> 1. Accessing through /config.xml >> 2. By creating Jenkins client and invoking getJobXml() method passing >> the job name >> >> >> Both approaches are wrong. Please use the Java API to access the values >> from the corresponding Java objects. The XML representation is an internal >> structure that should not be read by some other tool. >> >> But in both the cases I need to pass the Jenkins credentials which shall >> not be the case since I am trying to access from within the running Jenkins >> instance. And also above approaches can be implemented in any external >> project if one knows the credentials to access the Jenkins instance. I want >> an approach which shall be bound within the plugin meaning I shall be able >> to read the config.xml via the job name without providing any credentials. >> >> Could anyone provide me the best solution to read the config.xml within >> the java code? Any assistance is highly appreciated. Thank you in advance. >> >> Regards, >> Halley >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Jenkins Developers" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to jenkinsci-de...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/CA%2BNFquB7XvRo_8rG1C0Qn3J74vvc6%3D41ABytJSZ2eW1_JoHo3Q%40mail.gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/CA%2BNFquB7XvRo_8rG1C0Qn3J74vvc6%3D41ABytJSZ2eW1_JoHo3Q%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to jenkinsci-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/8e940e70-1a82-477d-bd9f-3df569d13a9cn%40googlegroups.com.
