TFS 2017 Web API - how to get the name of Build Agent?

Question

I am trying to get the name of the agent that executed a given build from the TFS Web API.

There is a LOT of great details in there, but the Agent that ran the build does not seem to be in there. This is a surprise to me.

Answer 1

You have to go to the timeline of the build:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/vsts/build/timeline/get?view=vsts-rest-4.1

This will return a Timeline , which has an array of TimelineRecords . The workerName of the timeline records contains the name of the agent running the operation.