Curl Examples
This article contains REST API examples for curl.
You can use the curl command-line tool to interact with the TeamCity REST API.
Example command:
curl -v --basic --user USERNAME:PASSWORD --request POST "http://<TeamCity URL>:<port>/app/rest/users/" --data @data.xml --header "Content-Type: application/xml"
where USERNAME, PASSWORD, <TeamCity URL>:<port> are to be substituted with real values, and data.xml file contains the data to send to the server.
Creating a new project
Using curl tool:
curl -v -u USER:PASSWORD http://<TeamCity URL>:<port>/app/rest/projects --header "Content-Type: application/xml" --data-binary
"<newProjectDescription name='New Project Name' id='newProjectId'><parentProject locator='id:project1'/></newProjectDescription>"
Making user a system administrator
Get super user token.
Issue the request.
Get curl command line tool and use a command line:
curl -v -u :SUPERUSER_TOKEN --request PUT http://<TeamCity URL>:<port>/app/rest/users/username:USERNAME/roles/SYSTEM_ADMIN/g/
where SUPERUSER_TOKEN is the super user token unique for each server start; <TeamCity URL>:<port> – the TeamCity server URL; USERNAME – the username of the user to be made the system administrator.
Last modified: 21 December 2020