API reference

See examples at Using Python-Jenkins

exception jenkins.JenkinsException

General exception type for jenkins-API-related failures.

exception jenkins.NotFoundException

A special exception to call out the case of receiving a 404.

exception jenkins.EmptyResponseException

A special exception to call out the case receiving an empty response.

exception jenkins.BadHTTPException

A special exception to call out the case of a broken HTTP response.

exception jenkins.TimeoutException

A special exception to call out in the case of a socket timeout.

jenkins.auth_headers(username, password)

Simple implementation of HTTP Basic Authentication.

Returns the ‘Authentication’ header value.

class jenkins.Jenkins(url, username=None, password=None, timeout=<object object>)

Create handle to Jenkins instance.

All methods will raise JenkinsException on failure.

Parameters

• username – Server username, str

• password – Server password, str

• url – URL of Jenkins server, str

• timeout – Server connection timeout in secs (default: not set), int

maybe_add_crumb(req)

get_job_info(name, depth=0, fetch_all_builds=False)

Get job information dictionary.

Parameters

• name – Job name, str

• depth – JSON depth, int

• fetch_all_builds – If true, all builds will be retrieved from Jenkins. Otherwise, Jenkins will only return the most recent 100 builds. This comes at the expense of an additional API call which may return significant amounts of data. bool

Returns

dictionary of job information

get_job_info_regex(pattern, depth=0, folder_depth=0)

Get a list of jobs information that contain names which match the

regex pattern.

Parameters

• pattern – regex pattern, str

• depth – JSON depth, int

• folder_depth – folder level depth to search int

Returns

List of jobs info, list

get_job_name(name)

Return the name of a job using the API.

That is roughly an identity method which can be used to quickly verify a job exist or is accessible without causing too much stress on the server side.

Parameters

name – Job name, str

Returns

Name of job or None

debug_job_info(job_name)

Print out job info in more readable format.

jenkins_open(req, add_crumb=True)

Utility routine for opening an HTTP request to a Jenkins server.

This should only be used to extends the Jenkins API.

get_build_info(name, number, depth=0)

Get build information dictionary.

Parameters

• name – Job name, str

• name – Build number, int

• depth – JSON depth, int

Returns

dictionary of build information, dict

Example:

>>> next_build_number = server.get_job_info('build_name')['nextBuildNumber']
>>> output = server.build_job('build_name')
>>> from time import sleep; sleep(10)
>>> build_info = server.get_build_info('build_name', next_build_number)
>>> print(build_info)
{u'building': False, u'changeSet': {u'items': [{u'date': u'2011-12-19T18:01:52.540557Z', u'msg': u'test', u'revision': 66, u'user': u'unknown', u'paths': [{u'editType': u'edit', u'file': u'/branches/demo/index.html'}]}], u'kind': u'svn', u'revisions': [{u'module': u'http://eaas-svn01.i3.level3.com/eaas', u'revision': 66}]}, u'builtOn': u'', u'description': None, u'artifacts': [{u'relativePath': u'dist/eaas-87-2011-12-19_18-01-57.war', u'displayPath': u'eaas-87-2011-12-19_18-01-57.war', u'fileName': u'eaas-87-2011-12-19_18-01-57.war'}, {u'relativePath': u'dist/eaas-87-2011-12-19_18-01-57.war.zip', u'displayPath': u'eaas-87-2011-12-19_18-01-57.war.zip', u'fileName': u'eaas-87-2011-12-19_18-01-57.war.zip'}], u'timestamp': 1324317717000, u'number': 87, u'actions': [{u'parameters': [{u'name': u'SERVICE_NAME', u'value': u'eaas'}, {u'name': u'PROJECT_NAME', u'value': u'demo'}]}, {u'causes': [{u'userName': u'anonymous', u'shortDescription': u'Started by user anonymous'}]}, {}, {}, {}], u'id': u'2011-12-19_18-01-57', u'keepLog': False, u'url': u'http://eaas-jenkins01.i3.level3.com:9080/job/build_war/87/', u'culprits': [{u'absoluteUrl': u'http://eaas-jenkins01.i3.level3.com:9080/user/unknown', u'fullName': u'unknown'}], u'result': u'SUCCESS', u'duration': 8826, u'fullDisplayName': u'build_war #87'}

get_queue_info()

Returns

list of job dictionaries, [dict]

Example::

>>> queue_info = server.get_queue_info()
>>> print(queue_info[0])
{u'task': {u'url': u'http://your_url/job/my_job/', u'color': u'aborted_anime', u'name': u'my_job'}, u'stuck': False, u'actions': [{u'causes': [{u'shortDescription': u'Started by timer'}]}], u'buildable': False, u'params': u'', u'buildableStartMilliseconds': 1315087293316, u'why': u'Build #2,532 is already in progress (ETA:10 min)', u'blocked': True}

cancel_queue(id)

Cancel a queued build.

Parameters

id – Jenkins job id number for the build, int

get_info(item='', query=None)

Get information on this Master or item on Master.

This information includes job list and view information and can be used to retreive information on items such as job folders.

Parameters

• item – item to get information about on this Master

• query – xpath to extract information about on this Master

Returns

dictionary of information about Master or item, dict

Example:

>>> info = server.get_info()
>>> jobs = info['jobs']
>>> print(jobs[0])
{u'url': u'http://your_url_here/job/my_job/', u'color': u'blue',
u'name': u'my_job'}

get_whoami()

Get information about the user account that authenticated to Jenkins. This is a simple way to verify that your credentials are correct.

Returns

Information about the current user dict

Example:

>>> me = server.get_whoami()
>>> print me['fullName']
>>> 'John'

get_version()

Get the version of this Master.

Returns

This master’s version number str

Example:

>>> info = server.get_version()
>>> print info
>>> 1.541

get_plugins_info(depth=2)

Get all installed plugins information on this Master.

This method retrieves information about each plugin that is installed on master returning the raw plugin data in a JSON format.

Deprecated since version 0.4.9: Use get_plugins() instead.

Parameters

depth – JSON depth, int

Returns

info on all plugins [dict]

Example:

>>> info = server.get_plugins_info()
>>> print(info)
[{u'backupVersion': None, u'version': u'0.0.4', u'deleted': False,
u'supportsDynamicLoad': u'MAYBE', u'hasUpdate': True,
u'enabled': True, u'pinned': False, u'downgradable': False,
u'dependencies': [], u'url':
u'http://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Gearman+Plugin',
u'longName': u'Gearman Plugin', u'active': True, u'shortName':
u'gearman-plugin', u'bundled': False}, ..]

get_plugin_info(name, depth=2)

Get an installed plugin information on this Master.

This method retrieves information about a specific plugin and returns the raw plugin data in a JSON format. The passed in plugin name (short or long) must be an exact match.

Note

Calling this method will query Jenkins fresh for the information for all plugins on each call. If you need to retrieve information for multiple plugins it’s recommended to use get_plugins() instead, which will return a multi key dictionary that can be accessed via either the short or long name of the plugin.

Parameters

• name – Name (short or long) of plugin, str

• depth – JSON depth, int

Returns

a specific plugin dict

Example:

>>> info = server.get_plugin_info("Gearman Plugin")
>>> print(info)
{u'backupVersion': None, u'version': u'0.0.4', u'deleted': False,
u'supportsDynamicLoad': u'MAYBE', u'hasUpdate': True,
u'enabled': True, u'pinned': False, u'downgradable': False,
u'dependencies': [], u'url':
u'http://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Gearman+Plugin',
u'longName': u'Gearman Plugin', u'active': True, u'shortName':
u'gearman-plugin', u'bundled': False}

get_plugins(depth=2)

Return plugins info using helper class for version comparison

This method retrieves information about all the installed plugins and uses a Plugin helper class to simplify version comparison. Also uses a multi key dict to allow retrieval via either short or long names.

When printing/dumping the data, the version will transparently return a unicode string, which is exactly what was previously returned by the API.

Parameters

depth – JSON depth, int

Returns

info on all plugins [dict]

Example:

>>> j = Jenkins()
>>> info = j.get_plugins()
>>> print(info)
{('gearman-plugin', 'Gearman Plugin'):
  {u'backupVersion': None, u'version': u'0.0.4',
   u'deleted': False, u'supportsDynamicLoad': u'MAYBE',
   u'hasUpdate': True, u'enabled': True, u'pinned': False,
   u'downgradable': False, u'dependencies': [], u'url':
   u'http://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Gearman+Plugin',
   u'longName': u'Gearman Plugin', u'active': True, u'shortName':
   u'gearman-plugin', u'bundled': False}, ...}

get_jobs(folder_depth=0, view_name=None)

Get list of jobs.

Each job is a dictionary with ‘name’, ‘url’, ‘color’ and ‘fullname’ keys.

If the view_name parameter is present, the list of jobs will be limited to only those configured in the specified view. In this case, the job dictionary ‘fullname’ key would be equal to the job name.

Parameters

• folder_depth – Number of levels to search, int. By default 0, which will limit search to toplevel. None disables the limit.

• view_name – Name of a Jenkins view for which to retrieve jobs, str. By default, the job list is not limited to a specific view.

Returns

list of jobs, [{str: str, str: str, str: str, str: str}]

Example:

>>> jobs = server.get_jobs()
>>> print(jobs)
[{
    u'name': u'all_tests',
    u'url': u'http://your_url.here/job/all_tests/',
    u'color': u'blue',
    u'fullname': u'all_tests'
}]

get_all_jobs(folder_depth=None)

Get list of all jobs recursively to the given folder depth.

Each job is a dictionary with ‘name’, ‘url’, ‘color’ and ‘fullname’ keys.

Parameters

folder_depth – Number of levels to search, int. By default None, which will search all levels. 0 limits to toplevel.

Returns

list of jobs, [ { str: str} ]

Note

On instances with many folders it may be more efficient to use the run_script method to retrieve all jobs instead.

Example:

server.run_script("""
    import groovy.json.JsonBuilder;

    // get all projects excluding matrix configuration
    // as they are simply part of a matrix project.
    // there may be better ways to get just jobs
    items = Jenkins.instance.getAllItems(AbstractProject);
    items.removeAll {
      it instanceof hudson.matrix.MatrixConfiguration
    };

    def json = new JsonBuilder()
    def root = json {
      jobs items.collect {
        [
          name: it.name,
          url: Jenkins.instance.getRootUrl() + it.getUrl(),
          color: it.getIconColor().toString(),
          fullname: it.getFullName()
        ]
      }
    }

    // use json.toPrettyString() if viewing
    println json.toString()
    """)

copy_job(from_name, to_name)

Copy a Jenkins job.

Will raise an exception whenever the source and destination folder for this jobs won’t be the same.

Parameters

• from_name – Name of Jenkins job to copy from, str

• to_name – Name of Jenkins job to copy to, str

Throws

JenkinsException whenever the source and destination folder are not the same

rename_job(from_name, to_name)

Rename an existing Jenkins job

Will raise an exception whenever the source and destination folder for this jobs won’t be the same.

Parameters

• from_name – Name of Jenkins job to rename, str

• to_name – New Jenkins job name, str

Throws

JenkinsException whenever the source and destination folder are not the same

delete_job(name)

Delete Jenkins job permanently.

Parameters

name – Name of Jenkins job, str

enable_job(name)

Enable Jenkins job.

Parameters

name – Name of Jenkins job, str

disable_job(name)

Disable Jenkins job.

To re-enable, call Jenkins.enable_job().

Parameters

name – Name of Jenkins job, str

set_next_build_number(name, number)

Set a job’s next build number.

The current next build number is contained within the job information retrieved using Jenkins.get_job_info(). If the specified next build number is less than the last build number, Jenkins will ignore the request.

Note that the Next Build Number Plugin must be installed to enable this functionality.

Parameters

• name – Name of Jenkins job, str

• number – Next build number to set, int

Example:

>>> next_bn = server.get_job_info('job_name')['nextBuildNumber']
>>> server.set_next_build_number('job_name', next_bn + 50)

job_exists(name)

Check whether a job exists

Parameters

name – Name of Jenkins job, str

Returns

True if Jenkins job exists

jobs_count()

Get the number of jobs on the Jenkins server

Returns

Total number of jobs, int

Note

On instances with many folders it may be more efficient to use the run_script method to retrieve the total number of jobs instead.

Example:

# get all projects excluding matrix configuration
# as they are simply part of a matrix project.
server.run_script(
    "print(Hudson.instance.getAllItems("
    "    hudson.model.AbstractProject).count{"
    "        !(it instanceof hudson.matrix.MatrixConfiguration)"
    "    })")

assert_job_exists(name, exception_message='job[%s] does not exist')

Raise an exception if a job does not exist

Parameters

• name – Name of Jenkins job, str

• exception_message – Message to use for the exception. Formatted with name

Throws

JenkinsException whenever the job does not exist

create_job(name, config_xml)

Create a new Jenkins job

Parameters

• name – Name of Jenkins job, str

• config_xml – config file text, str

get_job_config(name)

Get configuration of existing Jenkins job.

Parameters

name – Name of Jenkins job, str

Returns

job configuration (XML format)

reconfig_job(name, config_xml)

Change configuration of existing Jenkins job.

To create a new job, see Jenkins.create_job().

Parameters

• name – Name of Jenkins job, str

• config_xml – New XML configuration, str

build_job_url(name, parameters=None, token=None)

Get URL to trigger build job.

Authenticated setups may require configuring a token on the server side.

Parameters

• parameters – parameters for job, or None., dict

• token – (optional) token for building job, str

Returns

URL for building job

build_job(name, parameters=None, token=None)

Trigger build job.

Parameters

• name – name of job

• parameters – parameters for job, or None, dict

• token – Jenkins API token

run_script(script)

Execute a groovy script on the jenkins master.

Parameters

script – The groovy script, string

Returns

The result of the script run.

Example::

>>> info = server.run_script("println(Jenkins.instance.pluginManager.plugins)")
>>> print(info)
u'[Plugin:windows-slaves, Plugin:ssh-slaves, Plugin:translation,
Plugin:cvs, Plugin:nodelabelparameter, Plugin:external-monitor-job,
Plugin:mailer, Plugin:jquery, Plugin:antisamy-markup-formatter,
Plugin:maven-plugin, Plugin:pam-auth]'

install_plugin(name, include_dependencies=True)

Install a plugin and its dependencies from the Jenkins public repository at http://repo.jenkins-ci.org/repo/org/jenkins-ci/plugins

Parameters

• name – The plugin short name, string

• include_dependencies – Install the plugin’s dependencies, bool

Returns

Whether a Jenkins restart is required, bool

Example::

>>> info = server.install_plugin("jabber")
>>> print(info)
True

stop_build(name, number)

Stop a running Jenkins build.

Parameters

• name – Name of Jenkins job, str

• number – Jenkins build number for the job, int

get_running_builds()

Return list of running builds.

Each build is a dict with keys ‘name’, ‘number’, ‘url’, ‘node’, and ‘executor’.

Returns

List of builds, [ { str: str, str: int, str:str, str: str, str: int} ]

Example::

>>> builds = server.get_running_builds()
>>> print(builds)
[{'node': 'foo-slave', 'url': 'https://localhost/job/test/15/',
  'executor': 0, 'name': 'test', 'number': 15}]

get_nodes()

Get a list of nodes connected to the Master

Each node is a dict with keys ‘name’ and ‘offline’

Returns

List of nodes, [ { str: str, str: bool} ]

get_node_info(name, depth=0)

Get node information dictionary

Parameters

• name – Node name, str

• depth – JSON depth, int

Returns

Dictionary of node info, dict

node_exists(name)

Check whether a node exists

Parameters

name – Name of Jenkins node, str

Returns

True if Jenkins node exists

assert_node_exists(name, exception_message='node[%s] does not exist')

Raise an exception if a node does not exist

Parameters

• name – Name of Jenkins node, str

• exception_message – Message to use for the exception. Formatted with name

Throws

JenkinsException whenever the node does not exist

delete_node(name)

Delete Jenkins node permanently.

Parameters

name – Name of Jenkins node, str

disable_node(name, msg='')

Disable a node

Parameters

• name – Jenkins node name, str

• msg – Offline message, str

enable_node(name)

Enable a node

Parameters

name – Jenkins node name, str

create_node(name, numExecutors=2, nodeDescription=None, remoteFS='/var/lib/jenkins', labels=None, exclusive=False, launcher='hudson.slaves.CommandLauncher', launcher_params={})

Create a node

Parameters

• name – name of node to create, str

• numExecutors – number of executors for node, int

• nodeDescription – Description of node, str

• remoteFS – Remote filesystem location to use, str

• labels – Labels to associate with node, str

• exclusive – Use this node for tied jobs only, bool

• launcher – The launch method for the slave, jenkins.LAUNCHER_COMMAND, jenkins.LAUNCHER_SSH, jenkins.LAUNCHER_JNLP, jenkins.LAUNCHER_WINDOWS_SERVICE

• launcher_params – Additional parameters for the launcher, dict

get_node_config(name)

Get the configuration for a node.

Parameters

name – Jenkins node name, str

reconfig_node(name, config_xml)

Change the configuration for an existing node.

Parameters

• name – Jenkins node name, str

• config_xml – New XML configuration, str

get_build_console_output(name, number)

Get build console text.

Parameters

• name – Job name, str

• name – Build number, int

Returns

Build console output, str

get_view_name(name)

Return the name of a view using the API.

That is roughly an identity method which can be used to quickly verify a view exists or is accessible without causing too much stress on the server side.

Parameters

name – View name, str

Returns

Name of view or None

assert_view_exists(name, exception_message='view[%s] does not exist')

Raise an exception if a view does not exist

Parameters

• name – Name of Jenkins view, str

• exception_message – Message to use for the exception. Formatted with name

Throws

JenkinsException whenever the view does not exist

view_exists(name)

Check whether a view exists

Parameters

name – Name of Jenkins view, str

Returns

True if Jenkins view exists

get_views()

Get list of views running.

Each view is a dictionary with ‘name’ and ‘url’ keys.

Returns

list of views, [ { str: str} ]

delete_view(name)

Delete Jenkins view permanently.

Parameters

name – Name of Jenkins view, str

create_view(name, config_xml)

Create a new Jenkins view

Parameters

• name – Name of Jenkins view, str

• config_xml – config file text, str

reconfig_view(name, config_xml)

Change configuration of existing Jenkins view.

To create a new view, see Jenkins.create_view().

Parameters

• name – Name of Jenkins view, str

• config_xml – New XML configuration, str

get_view_config(name)

Get configuration of existing Jenkins view.

Parameters

name – Name of Jenkins view, str

Returns

view configuration (XML format)

get_promotion_name(name, job_name)

Return the name of a promotion using the API.

That is roughly an identity method which can be used to quickly verify a promotion exists for a job or is accessible without causing too much stress on the server side.

Parameters

• job_name – Job name, str

• name – Promotion name, str

Returns

Name of promotion or None

assert_promotion_exists(name, job_name, exception_message='promotion[%s] does not exist for job[%s]')

Raise an exception if a job lacks a promotion

Parameters

• job_name – Job name, str

• name – Name of Jenkins promotion, str

• exception_message – Message to use for the exception. Formatted with name and job_name

Throws

JenkinsException whenever the promotion does not exist on a job

promotion_exists(name, job_name)

Check whether a job has a certain promotion

Parameters

• job_name – Job name, str

• name – Name of Jenkins promotion, str

Returns

True if Jenkins promotion exists

get_promotions_info(job_name, depth=0)

Get promotion information dictionary of a job

Parameters

• name – job_name, str

• depth – JSON depth, int

Returns

Dictionary of promotion info, dict

get_promotions(job_name)

Get list of promotions running.

Each promotion is a dictionary with ‘name’ and ‘url’ keys.

Parameters

job_name – Job name, str

Returns

list of promotions, [ { str: str} ]

delete_promotion(name, job_name)

Delete Jenkins promotion permanently.

Parameters

• job_name – Job name, str

• name – Name of Jenkins promotion, str

create_promotion(name, job_name, config_xml)

Create a new Jenkins promotion

Parameters

• name – Name of Jenkins promotion, str

• job_name – Job name, str

• config_xml – config file text, str

reconfig_promotion(name, job_name, config_xml)

Change configuration of existing Jenkins promotion.

To create a new promotion, see Jenkins.create_promotion().

Parameters

• name – Name of Jenkins promotion, str

• job_name – Job name, str

• config_xml – New XML configuration, str

get_promotion_config(name, job_name)

Get configuration of existing Jenkins promotion.

Parameters

• name – Name of Jenkins promotion, str

• job_name – Job name, str

Returns

promotion configuration (XML format)

quiet_down()

Prepare Jenkins for shutdown.

No new builds will be started allowing running builds to complete prior to shutdown of the server.

wait_for_normal_op(timeout)

Wait for jenkins to enter normal operation mode.

Parameters

timeout – number of seconds to wait, int Note this is not the same as the connection timeout set via __init__ as that controls the socket timeout. Instead this is how long to wait until the status returned.

Returns

True if Jenkins became ready in time, False otherwise.

Setting timeout to be less than the configured connection timeout may result in this waiting for at least the connection timeout length of time before returning. It is recommended that the timeout here should be at least as long as any set connection timeout.

class jenkins.plugins.Plugin(*args, **kwargs)

Dictionary object containing plugin metadata.

Populates dictionary using json object input.

accepts same arguments as python dict class.

class jenkins.plugins.PluginVersion(version)

Class providing comparison capabilities for plugin versions.

Parse plugin version and store it for comparison.