TFS api build status and create release

Question

Hey all I'm new to the TFS api world so help would be great!

I am looking to gather information on my projects from the tfs version 15.112.26307.0 (2017) server.

My TFS web URL that lists ALL my projects is : http://tfsserv001:8080/tfs/prog/_projects

My TFS test app is this: http://tfsserv001:8080/tfs/prog/---2017

I am looking to get the build status from the Build & Release > Builds tab via API:

And after its succeeded I would then like it to create a release:

Are both above possible by using the TFS api?

Answer 1

There is related Rest API to get build result- include the status info

 "result": "succeeded",

You could also use Rest API to create(trigger) a release based on some info such as build ID.

For more details you could take a look at this blog shows how to use rest api in powershell:

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Moreover, Daniel is right. You could check the Continuous deployment ( create release and deploy whenever a build completes ) when you create a new release definition or select in triggers of the release definition. TFS server will handle this automatically, without the need of user intervention.

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Update

A example when you open a build result in the web portal just as:

In the entire url there will include a buildID such as buildID=49 . So according to above screenshot, you should use

 Get http://xxx:8080/tfs/DefaultCollection/ScrumMttApple/_apis/build/builds/49/?api-version=2.0

Then will get below JSON result:

  "id": 49,
  "buildNumber": "20170525.5",
  "status": "completed",
  "result": "succeeded",
  "queueTime": "2017-05-25T19:17:39.6545026Z",
  "startTime": "2017-05-25T19:17:42.2482602Z",
  "finishTime": "2017-05-25T19:25:15.6808731Z",
  "url": "http://win-kev0061habi:8080/tfs/DefaultCollection/bdd4809b-e6dd-4cb8-8e60-762373b20cdc/_apis/build/Builds/49",
  "definition": {
    "path": "\\",
    "type": "build",
    "revision": 5,
    "id": 14,
    "name": "OrdertTest", 
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