Job restart using API (Perl or Java)

Hi all,

Is it possible to restart a failed job using API? How?

TIA

Hi Alex,

I've pasted a sample of some Java code displaying the use of the com.buildforge.services.client.dbo.Build reprepareBuild method. You might also check out this RFE ( http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/support/rational/rfe/execute?use_case=viewChangeRequest&CR_ID=2752 ) if you are looking to select/deselect particular steps on the restart.

import java.util.List;          

          

import com.buildforge.services.client.api.APIClientConnection;



import com.buildforge.services.client.dbo.Build;

import com.buildforge.services.client.dbo.Project;



import com.buildforge.services.common.dbo.BuildDBO.State;



/**

 * This class displays sample code for restarting an

 * existing build that is in the completed state.

 */

public class ReprepareTest {



    private static final String TEST_PROJECT_NAME = "P_2";

    private static final int BUILD_TIMEOUT = 90;

    private static final String HOST = "localhost";

    private static final int PORT = 3966;

    private static final String USER = "root";

    private static final String PASSWORD = "root";



    /**

     * Since this is just an example, all of the logic has been

     * added to the main method to display a way of using Build's

     * reprepare method.

     *

     * @param args The command line arguments

     * @throws Exception Any kind of error that occurs repreparing

     */

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

        

        APIClientConnection conn = new APIClientConnection(HOST, PORT);

        conn.authUser(USER, PASSWORD);



        Project project = Project.findByName(conn, TEST_PROJECT_NAME);

        if (project == null) {

            throw new Exception("Could not find project with name: " + TEST_PROJECT_NAME);

        }



        List<Build> builds = Build.findByProjectUuid(conn, project.getUuid());

        if (builds.size() <= 0) {

            throw new Exception("Could not find any builds for project: " + TEST_PROJECT_NAME);

        }



        Build build = builds.get(0);

        if (build.getState() != State.COMPLETED) {

            throw new Exception("Build '" + build.getTag()

                + "' for project '" + TEST_PROJECT_NAME

                + "' must be in completed state for reprepare.");

        }



        Build.Request buildRequest = new Build.Request(project);

        build = build.reprepareBuild(buildRequest);

        build = Build.fireBuild(conn, build.getUuid());

        State state = build.getState();

        for (int i = 0; ((i < BUILD_TIMEOUT) && (state != State.COMPLETED)); i++) {

            Thread.sleep(1000);

            build = Build.findByUuid(conn, build.getUuid());

            state = build.getState();

        }



        if (state != State.COMPLETED) {

            throw new Exception("Build did not complete in "

                                + BUILD_TIMEOUT + " seconds.");

        }



    }



}

bju

Thanks for a great reply. This seems to work , but with a problem - it skips the step that actually failed. I want to get the same behavior as in the gui - that the failed step is marked by default and is re-run.
Is that possible?

Thanks for a great reply. This seems to work , but with a problem - it skips the step that actually failed. I want to get the same behavior as in the gui - that the failed step is marked by default and is re-run.
Is that possible?

Hi Alex,

I've written a defect to have the API re-run the failed step. If you would like to follow its progress, the link is http://jazz.net/jazz08/web/projects/Rational%20Build%20Forge#action=com.ibm.team.workitem.viewWorkItem&id=17130 .

bju

Thanks for a great reply. This seems to work , but with a problem - it skips the step that actually failed. I want to get the same behavior as in the gui - that the failed step is marked by default and is re-run.
Is that possible?

Hi Alex,

I've written a defect to have the API re-run the failed step. If you would like to follow its progress, the link is http://jazz.net/jazz08/web/projects/Rational%20Build%20Forge#action=com.ibm.team.workitem.viewWorkItem&id=17130 .

bju
Hi,

I am facing a problem , some time my builds are failed by giving a simple error "build forge agent read error" or "timeout" error ,the only solution is just to restart the builds.
but i dont want the manual intervention in the builds.so i wrote a script that fetches the logs and check if there is error like these(error whose solution is just to restart ) the build.
now i want to restart the *SAME BUILD*, but i am not able to do so..
is there any way we can restart the builds exactly as we do in GUI(web interface) through PERL API's.

Thanks for a great reply. This seems to work , but with a problem - it skips the step that actually failed. I want to get the same behavior as in the gui - that the failed step is marked by default and is re-run.
Is that possible?

Hi Alex,

I've written a defect to have the API re-run the failed step. If you would like to follow its progress, the link is http://jazz.net/jazz08/web/projects/Rational%20Build%20Forge#action=com.ibm.team.workitem.viewWorkItem&id=17130 .

bju
Hi,

I am facing a problem , some time my builds are failed by giving a simple error "build forge agent read error" or "timeout" error ,the only solution is just to restart the builds.
but i dont want the manual intervention in the builds.so i wrote a script that fetches the logs and check if there is error like these(error whose solution is just to restart ) the build.
now i want to restart the *SAME BUILD*, but i am not able to do so..
is there any way we can restart the builds exactly as we do in GUI(web interface) through PERL API's.

Hi,

I'll put a post under the other topic at http://jazz.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=16283 .

Brent Ulbricht
Developer/Lead - RTC Build