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user3417479
user3417479

Reputation: 1910

Who approved the deployment in VSTS?

I am using VSTS to deploy to remote machines. Before deployment, VSTS asks for PreDeployment approval. Is there any variable or any way to get the name of the approver? I can get it from history but then it is too late. I know how to get the name of the person who triggered the deployment 

$(Release.Deployment.RequestedFor)

Microsoft doesn't seem to mention anything

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1872

Answers (1)

Marina Liu
Marina Liu

Reputation: 38106

It seems you want to get the pre-deployment approval during the deployment.

And the pre-defined variables $(Release.Deployment.RequestedFor) is not used for your situation since it’s the variable shows the display name who create the release (not the user who approve the release before deployment).

To get the pre-deployment approval, you can use the REST API Get release:

GET https://{account}.vsrm.visualstudio.com/{project}/_apis/release/releases/{releaseId}?api-version=4.1-preview.2

For the release id, you can use the predefined variable $( Release.ReleaseId). And you can get the per-deployment approval from the response as below:

    "preApprovalsSnapshot": {
        "approvals": [
            {
                "rank": 1,
                "isAutomated": false,
                "isNotificationOn": false,
                "approver": {
                    "displayName": "marina liu",
                    "url": "https://app.vssps.visualstudio.com/A2336cdc9-ffd7-41bb-a6cf-19002c9a9d5f/_apis/Identities/18cb43b4-0b0d-43ad-94dc-c8e2b56704c0",
                    "_links": {
                        "avatar": {
                            "href": "https://marinaliu.visualstudio.com/_apis/GraphProfile/MemberAvatars/msa.YjE2YzFlOWUtNWJkYy03NzU1LWJjNWEtNDU4M2Q5ZThlMjk0"
                        }
                    },
                    "id": "18cb43b4-0b0d-43ad-94dc-c8e2b56704c0",
                    "uniqueName": "****@****.com",
                    "imageUrl": "https://marinaliu.visualstudio.com/_api/_common/identityImage?id=18cb43b4-0b0d-43ad-94dc-c8e2b56704c0",
                    "descriptor": "msa.YjE2YzFlOWUtNWJkYy03NzU1LWJjNWEtNDU4M2Q5ZThlMjk0"
                },
                "id": 0
            }
        ],
        "approvalOptions": {
            "requiredApproverCount": null,
            "releaseCreatorCanBeApprover": true,
            "autoTriggeredAndPreviousEnvironmentApprovedCanBeSkipped": false,
            "enforceIdentityRevalidation": false,
            "timeoutInMinutes": 0,
            "executionOrder": "beforeGates"
        }
    }

Upvotes: 3

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