Build jenkins job from Github Action 🚀

This action builds/triggers a jenkins job, waiting it to be finished and enabling to pass job params.

Inputs

jenkins-token

Required

jenkins-url

Required

jenkins-user

Required

job-path

Required

E.g.

if job inside folder:
 "job/folder_name/job/job_name"

if job in jenkins root: 
 "job/job_name"

job-params

Not mandatory

Set jenkins params as JSON string:

E.g.

 "{'param1': 'value1', 'param2': 'value2'}"

include-logs

Not mandatory

Whether or not to include the build logs as output. They will be base64 encoded. Default is false:

E.g.

 "true"

Outputs

job_status

• FAILURE
• SUCCESS
• ABORTED

job_number

Job number

job_url

URL of the job

job_log_info

Base64 encoded logs of the job for some easy access

Example usage

    - name: "Trigger jenkins job"
      uses: GoldenspearLLC/build-jenkins-job@master
      with:
        jenkins-url: ${{ secrets.JENKINS_URL }}
        jenkins-token: ${{ secrets.JENKINS_TOKEN }}
        user: "jenkins-username"
        job-path: "job/folder_name/job/job_name"
        job-params: "{'param1': 'value1', 'param2': 'value2'}"
        include-logs: "true"
        
    - name: Notify Slack
      uses: ravsamhq/notify-slack-action@v1
      if: always()
      with:
        status: ${{ job.status }}
        notification_title: ''
        message_format: '{emoji} <{{ steps.job-build.outputs.job_url }}|Jenkins Job {{ steps.job-build.outputs.job_number }}> was *{{ steps.job-build.outputs.job_status }}*.'
        footer: '<{run_url}|View Run>'
      env:
        SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }}