Create, Move, and Delete Build Configurations

This article shows how to create, pause, and delete build configurations via TeamCity REST API.

Create Build Configuration

To create a new build configuration, compose and post a BuildType entity to:

/app/rest/buildTypes

Example:

<buildType description="string" id="string" name="string">
  <project id="MyProjectID"/>
  <templates>
	<buildType id="MyTemplateID"/>
  </templates>
  <parameters>
    <property name="myBuildParameter" value="myValue"/>
  </parameters>
  <steps>
    <step name="myCommandLineStep" type="simpleRunner">
      <properties count="4">
        <property name="script.content" value="echo 'Hello World!'"/>
      </properties>
    </step>
  </steps>
</buildType>

{
    "id": "id",
    "name": "name",
    "project": {
        "id": "MyProjectID"
    },
    "templates": {
        "buildType": [
            {
                "id": "MyTemplateID"
            }
        ]
    },
    "parameters": {
        "property": [
            {
                "name": "myBuildParameter",
                "value": "myValue"
            }
        ]
    },
    "steps": {
        "step": [
            {
                "name": "myCommandLineStep",
                "type": "simpleRunner",
                "properties": {
                    "property": [
                        {
                            "name": "script.content",
                            "value": "echo 'Hello World!'"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            }
        ]
    }
}

Copy Build Configuration

To copy a build configuration to the same or a different project, compose and post a NewBuildTypeDescription entity to:

/app/rest/projects/<TargetProjectLocator>/buildTypes

TargetProjectLocator — a ProjectLocator that specifies which project should own the new copy of a build configuration.
Request body — a new NewBuildTypeDescription entity, where:
- sourceBuildTypeLocator — a BuildTypeLocator that specifies which build configuration should be copied;
- name, id — String name and ID for the new copy of the build configuration;
- copyAllAssociatedSettings — set to true.

Example:

<newBuildTypeDescription copyAllAssociatedSettings="true" id="Source_Config_ID_Copy1" name="Source_Config_Name_Copy1" sourceBuildTypeLocator="id:Source_Config_ID" />

{
    "sourceBuildTypeLocator": "id:Source_Config_ID",
    "name": "Source_Config_Name_Copy1",
    "id": "Source_Config_ID_Copy1",
    "copyAllAssociatedSettings": true
}

Move Build Configuration

To remove a build configuration from its original parent project and add it to another project, send a POST request to the following endpoint:

/app/rest/buildTypes/<BuildTypeLocator>/move?<Target_ProjectLocator>

For example, the following request finds a build configuration with the "SourceProject_MyBuildConfig" ID and moves it to "MyProject2":

http://localhost:8111/app/rest/buildTypes/id:SourceProject_MyBuildConfig/move?targetProjectId=MyProject2

Delete Build Configuration

To delete a build configuration, send:

/app/rest/buildTypes/{buildConfigurationLocator}

where buildConfigurationLocator is a BuildTypeLocator-typed string used to locate the build configuration.

Pause Build Configurations

To get the current status of a build configuration, use:

/app/rest/buildTypes/<buildTypeLocator>/paused

The server will respond with the text/plain boolean value indicating whether the configuration is paused (true) or not (false). To change the status, put the required value in text/plain format to:

/app/rest/buildTypes/<buildTypeLocator>/paused

Last modified: 27 March 2024