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Radagast the Brown
Radagast the Brown

Reputation: 3366

jenkins: Find the triggering user of a job for the build-script

We're using Jenkins and Slack. I'm trying to setup a slack notification about a build, and I would like the notifucation to include more information - so I resort to the custom message.

I found about $GIT_BRANCH and $BUILD_NUMBER and $JOB_NAME and other interesting guys, and put them to use.

But I lack a way to mention the cause that triggered the build - be it a polling on the scm, or a user that pressed build now. The later is of extreme importance - especially in jobs that deploy to a target environment...

Can anybody recommend me a way to detect the triggering cause and add it to the custom message?

BTW - I'd want this information not only for slack notification. I'd like to add this information to a signature file that we add to every artifact (as well as other things)

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2187

Answers (1)

Or Kramer
Or Kramer

Reputation: 46

Use the Build User Vars Plugin:

https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Build+User+Vars+Plugin

You will have the variables:

  • BUILD_USER – full name of user started build,
  • BUILD_USER_FIRST_NAME – first name of user started build,
  • BUILD_USER_LAST_NAME – last name of user started build,
  • BUILD_USER_ID – id of user started build.

*If you want to get it from other job you can use the below URL:

http://[jenkins-server]/job/[job-name]/[build-number]/api/xml?xpath=(//action/cause/shortDescription)

It will directly return the line:

< shortDescription>Started by user foobar< /shortDescription>

Upvotes: 3

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