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What is Jenkins Remote Access API?

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Jenkins provides remote access API to most of its functionalities (though some functionalities are programming language-dependent). Currently, it comes in three flavors -

  • XML
  • JSON with JSONP support
  • Python

Remote access API is offered in a REST-like STYLE. That is, there is no single entry point for all features, and INSTEAD, they are available under the ".../api/" URL where the "..." portion is the data that it acts on.

For example, if your Jenkins installation sits at interviewbit.com, visiting /api/ will show just the top-level API features available – PRIMARILY a LISTING of the CONFIGURED jobs for this Jenkins instance.

Or if we want to access information about a particular build, e.g. https://ci.jenkins.io/job/Infra/job/jenkins.io/job/master/lastSuccessfulBuild/, then go to https://ci.jenkins.io/job/Infra/job/jenkins.io/job/master/lastSuccessfulBuild/api/ and you’ll see the list of functionalities for that build.


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