I would like to set the name of a build programmatically during an "Execute shell" step. The new name of the build must be calculated based on some code that runs in the shell.
To clarify, the build name is the value that shows up in the "Build Executor Status" left sidebar on the main Jenkins page and also the "Build History" left sidebar from any Job page. Normally this value is the build number prefixed with a pound sign. I have looked at the Build Name Setter Plugin (https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Build+Name+Setter+Plugin), but I do not believe I can use it to set the build name as early in the build process as I would like. Therefore I am investigating the REST API. First, I was able to retrieve the build name (referred to as the "displayName") via the REST API using curl: curl -s --user <username>:<password> --data-urlencode "tree=displayName" http://jenkins.teslamotors.com/job/firmware-repo/5111/api/json As an experiment, I was able to set the build "description", using the curl command described here: http://stackoverflow.com/a/25428716 but I was not able to set the build "name". I came across this Python code that purports to update the build name ("displayName"), but I could not get it to work myself: http://stackoverflow.com/a/21710010 Does there exist a method (that works today) for one to set a new build name via curl? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to jenkinsci-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/17438749-d4c0-4a36-90a2-9bd6c298c1c8%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
