Builds - Queue

Service:

Build

API Version:

7.1

Queues a build

POST https://dev.azure.com/{organization}/{project}/_apis/build/builds?api-version=7.1

With optional parameters:

POST https://dev.azure.com/{organization}/{project}/_apis/build/builds?ignoreWarnings={ignoreWarnings}&checkInTicket={checkInTicket}&sourceBuildId={sourceBuildId}&definitionId={definitionId}&api-version=7.1

URI Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
organization	path	True	string	The name of the Azure DevOps organization.
project	path	True	string	Project ID or project name
api-version	query	True	string	Version of the API to use. This should be set to '7.1' to use this version of the api.
checkInTicket	query		string
definitionId	query		integer int32	Optional definition id to queue a build without a body. Ignored if there's a valid body
ignoreWarnings	query		boolean
sourceBuildId	query		integer int32

Request Body

Name	Type	Description
_links	ReferenceLinks	The class to represent a collection of REST reference links.
agentSpecification	AgentSpecification	The agent specification for the build.
appendCommitMessageToRunName	boolean	Append Commit Message To BuildNumber in UI.
buildNumber	string	The build number/name of the build.
buildNumberRevision	integer	The build number revision.
controller	BuildController	The build controller. This is only set if the definition type is Xaml.
definition	DefinitionReference	The definition associated with the build.
deleted	boolean	Indicates whether the build has been deleted.
deletedBy	IdentityRef	The identity of the process or person that deleted the build.
deletedDate	string	The date the build was deleted.
deletedReason	string	The description of how the build was deleted.
demands	Demand[]	A list of demands that represents the agent capabilities required by this build.
finishTime	string	The time that the build was completed.
id	integer	The ID of the build.
lastChangedBy	IdentityRef	The identity representing the process or person that last changed the build.
lastChangedDate	string	The date the build was last changed.
logs	BuildLogReference	Information about the build logs.
orchestrationPlan	TaskOrchestrationPlanReference	The orchestration plan for the build.
parameters	string	The parameters for the build.
plans	TaskOrchestrationPlanReference[]	Orchestration plans associated with the build (build, cleanup)
priority	QueuePriority	The build's priority.
project	TeamProjectReference	The team project.
properties	PropertiesCollection	The class represents a property bag as a collection of key-value pairs. Values of all primitive types (any type with a TypeCode != TypeCode.Object) except for DBNull are accepted. Values of type Byte[], Int32, Double, DateType and String preserve their type, other primitives are retuned as a String. Byte[] expected as base64 encoded string.
quality	string	The quality of the xaml build (good, bad, etc.)
queue	AgentPoolQueue	The queue. This is only set if the definition type is Build. WARNING: this field is deprecated and does not corresponds to the jobs queues.
queueOptions	QueueOptions	Additional options for queueing the build.
queuePosition	integer	The current position of the build in the queue.
queueTime	string	The time that the build was queued.
reason	BuildReason	The reason that the build was created.
repository	BuildRepository	The repository.
requestedBy	IdentityRef	The identity that queued the build.
requestedFor	IdentityRef	The identity on whose behalf the build was queued.
result	BuildResult	The build result.
retainedByRelease	boolean	Indicates whether the build is retained by a release.
sourceBranch	string	The source branch.
sourceVersion	string	The source version.
startTime	string	The time that the build was started.
status	BuildStatus	The status of the build.
tags	string[]
templateParameters	object	Parameters to template expression evaluation
triggerInfo	object	Sourceprovider-specific information about what triggered the build
triggeredByBuild	Build	The build that triggered this build via a Build completion trigger.
uri	string	The URI of the build.
url	string	The REST URL of the build.
validationResults	BuildRequestValidationResult[]	Represents the result of validating a build request.

Responses

Name	Type	Description
200 OK	Build	successful operation

Security

oauth2

Type: oauth2
Flow: accessCode
Authorization URL: https://app.vssps.visualstudio.com/oauth2/authorize&response_type=Assertion
Token URL: https://app.vssps.visualstudio.com/oauth2/token?client_assertion_type=urn:ietf:params:oauth:client-assertion-type:jwt-bearer&grant_type=urn:ietf:params:oauth:grant-type:jwt-bearer

Scopes

Name	Description
vso.build_execute	Grants the ability to access build artifacts, including build results, definitions, and requests, and the ability to queue a build, update build properties, and the ability to receive notifications about build events via service hooks.

Definitions

Name	Description
AgentPoolQueue	Represents a queue for running builds.
AgentSpecification	Specification of the agent defined by the pool provider.
Build	Data representation of a build.
BuildController
BuildLogReference	Represents a reference to a build log.
BuildReason	The reason that the build was created.
BuildRepository	Represents a repository used by a build definition.
BuildRequestValidationResult	Represents the result of validating a build request.
BuildResult	The build result.
BuildStatus	The build status.
ControllerStatus	The status of the controller.
DefinitionQueueStatus	A value that indicates whether builds can be queued against this definition.
DefinitionReference	Represents a reference to a definition.
DefinitionType	The type of the definition.
Demand	Represents a demand used by a definition or build.
IdentityRef
ProjectState	Project state.
ProjectVisibility	Project visibility.
PropertiesCollection	The class represents a property bag as a collection of key-value pairs. Values of all primitive types (any type with a TypeCode != TypeCode.Object) except for DBNull are accepted. Values of type Byte[], Int32, Double, DateType and String preserve their type, other primitives are retuned as a String. Byte[] expected as base64 encoded string.
QueueOptions	Additional options for queueing the build.
QueuePriority	The build's priority.
ReferenceLinks	The class to represent a collection of REST reference links.
TaskAgentPoolReference	Represents a reference to an agent pool.
TaskOrchestrationPlanReference	Represents a reference to an orchestration plan.
TeamProjectReference	Represents a shallow reference to a TeamProject.
ValidationResult	The result.

AgentPoolQueue

Represents a queue for running builds.

Name	Type	Description
_links	ReferenceLinks	The class to represent a collection of REST reference links.
id	integer	The ID of the queue.
name	string	The name of the queue.
pool	TaskAgentPoolReference	The pool used by this queue.
url	string	The full http link to the resource.

AgentSpecification

Specification of the agent defined by the pool provider.

Name	Type	Description
identifier	string	Agent specification unique identifier.

Build

Data representation of a build.

Name	Type	Description
_links	ReferenceLinks	The class to represent a collection of REST reference links.
agentSpecification	AgentSpecification	The agent specification for the build.
appendCommitMessageToRunName	boolean	Append Commit Message To BuildNumber in UI.
buildNumber	string	The build number/name of the build.
buildNumberRevision	integer	The build number revision.
controller	BuildController	The build controller. This is only set if the definition type is Xaml.
definition	DefinitionReference	The definition associated with the build.
deleted	boolean	Indicates whether the build has been deleted.
deletedBy	IdentityRef	The identity of the process or person that deleted the build.
deletedDate	string	The date the build was deleted.
deletedReason	string	The description of how the build was deleted.
demands	Demand[]	A list of demands that represents the agent capabilities required by this build.
finishTime	string	The time that the build was completed.
id	integer	The ID of the build.
lastChangedBy	IdentityRef	The identity representing the process or person that last changed the build.
lastChangedDate	string	The date the build was last changed.
logs	BuildLogReference	Information about the build logs.
orchestrationPlan	TaskOrchestrationPlanReference	The orchestration plan for the build.
parameters	string	The parameters for the build.
plans	TaskOrchestrationPlanReference[]	Orchestration plans associated with the build (build, cleanup)
priority	QueuePriority	The build's priority.
project	TeamProjectReference	The team project.
properties	PropertiesCollection	The class represents a property bag as a collection of key-value pairs. Values of all primitive types (any type with a TypeCode != TypeCode.Object) except for DBNull are accepted. Values of type Byte[], Int32, Double, DateType and String preserve their type, other primitives are retuned as a String. Byte[] expected as base64 encoded string.
quality	string	The quality of the xaml build (good, bad, etc.)
queue	AgentPoolQueue	The queue. This is only set if the definition type is Build. WARNING: this field is deprecated and does not corresponds to the jobs queues.
queueOptions	QueueOptions	Additional options for queueing the build.
queuePosition	integer	The current position of the build in the queue.
queueTime	string	The time that the build was queued.
reason	BuildReason	The reason that the build was created.
repository	BuildRepository	The repository.
requestedBy	IdentityRef	The identity that queued the build.
requestedFor	IdentityRef	The identity on whose behalf the build was queued.
result	BuildResult	The build result.
retainedByRelease	boolean	Indicates whether the build is retained by a release.
sourceBranch	string	The source branch.
sourceVersion	string	The source version.
startTime	string	The time that the build was started.
status	BuildStatus	The status of the build.
tags	string[]
templateParameters	object	Parameters to template expression evaluation
triggerInfo	object	Sourceprovider-specific information about what triggered the build
triggeredByBuild	Build	The build that triggered this build via a Build completion trigger.
uri	string	The URI of the build.
url	string	The REST URL of the build.
validationResults	BuildRequestValidationResult[]	Represents the result of validating a build request.

BuildController

Name	Type	Description
_links	ReferenceLinks	The class to represent a collection of REST reference links.
createdDate	string	The date the controller was created.
description	string	The description of the controller.
enabled	boolean	Indicates whether the controller is enabled.
id	integer	Id of the resource
name	string	Name of the linked resource (definition name, controller name, etc.)
status	ControllerStatus	The status of the controller.
updatedDate	string	The date the controller was last updated.
uri	string	The controller's URI.
url	string	Full http link to the resource

BuildLogReference

Represents a reference to a build log.

Name	Type	Description
id	integer	The ID of the log.
type	string	The type of the log location.
url	string	A full link to the log resource.

BuildReason

The reason that the build was created.

Name	Type	Description
all	string	All reasons.
batchedCI	string	The build was started for the trigger TriggerType.BatchedContinuousIntegration.
buildCompletion	string	The build was started when another build completed.
checkInShelveset	string	The build was started for the trigger ContinuousIntegrationType.Gated.
individualCI	string	The build was started for the trigger TriggerType.ContinuousIntegration.
manual	string	The build was started manually.
none	string	No reason. This value should not be used.
pullRequest	string	The build was started by a pull request. Added in resource version 3.
resourceTrigger	string	The build was started when resources in pipeline triggered it
schedule	string	The build was started for the trigger TriggerType.Schedule.
scheduleForced	string	The build was started for the trigger TriggerType.ScheduleForced.
triggered	string	The build was triggered for retention policy purposes.
userCreated	string	The build was created by a user.
validateShelveset	string	The build was started manually for private validation.

BuildRepository

Represents a repository used by a build definition.

Name	Type	Description
checkoutSubmodules	boolean	Indicates whether to checkout submodules.
clean	string	Indicates whether to clean the target folder when getting code from the repository.
defaultBranch	string	The name of the default branch.
id	string	The ID of the repository.
name	string	The friendly name of the repository.
properties	object
rootFolder	string	The root folder.
type	string	The type of the repository.
url	string	The URL of the repository.

BuildRequestValidationResult

Represents the result of validating a build request.

Name	Type	Description
message	string	The message associated with the result.
result	ValidationResult	The result.

BuildResult

The build result.

Name	Type	Description
canceled	string	The build was canceled before starting.
failed	string	The build completed unsuccessfully.
none	string	No result
partiallySucceeded	string	The build completed compilation successfully but had other errors.
succeeded	string	The build completed successfully.

BuildStatus

The build status.

Name	Type	Description
all	string	All status.
cancelling	string	The build is cancelling
completed	string	The build has completed.
inProgress	string	The build is currently in progress.
none	string	No status.
notStarted	string	The build has not yet started.
postponed	string	The build is inactive in the queue.

ControllerStatus

The status of the controller.

Name	Type	Description
available	string	Indicates that the build controller is currently available.
offline	string	Indicates that the build controller has taken itself offline.
unavailable	string	Indicates that the build controller cannot be contacted.

DefinitionQueueStatus

A value that indicates whether builds can be queued against this definition.

Name	Type	Description
disabled	string	When disabled the definition queue will not allow builds to be queued by users and the system will not queue scheduled, gated or continuous integration builds. Builds already in the queue will not be started by the system.
enabled	string	When enabled the definition queue allows builds to be queued by users, the system will queue scheduled, gated and continuous integration builds, and the queued builds will be started by the system.
paused	string	When paused the definition queue allows builds to be queued by users and the system will queue scheduled, gated and continuous integration builds. Builds in the queue will not be started by the system.

DefinitionReference

Represents a reference to a definition.

Name	Type	Description
createdDate	string	The date this version of the definition was created.
id	integer	The ID of the referenced definition.
name	string	The name of the referenced definition.
path	string	The folder path of the definition.
project	TeamProjectReference	A reference to the project.
queueStatus	DefinitionQueueStatus	A value that indicates whether builds can be queued against this definition.
revision	integer	The definition revision number.
type	DefinitionType	The type of the definition.
uri	string	The definition's URI.
url	string	The REST URL of the definition.

DefinitionType

The type of the definition.

Name	Type	Description
build	string
xaml	string

Demand

Represents a demand used by a definition or build.

Name	Type	Description
name	string	The name of the capability referenced by the demand.
value	string	The demanded value.

IdentityRef

Name	Type	Description
_links	ReferenceLinks	This field contains zero or more interesting links about the graph subject. These links may be invoked to obtain additional relationships or more detailed information about this graph subject.
descriptor	string	The descriptor is the primary way to reference the graph subject while the system is running. This field will uniquely identify the same graph subject across both Accounts and Organizations.
directoryAlias	string	Deprecated - Can be retrieved by querying the Graph user referenced in the "self" entry of the IdentityRef "_links" dictionary
displayName	string	This is the non-unique display name of the graph subject. To change this field, you must alter its value in the source provider.
id	string
imageUrl	string	Deprecated - Available in the "avatar" entry of the IdentityRef "_links" dictionary
inactive	boolean	Deprecated - Can be retrieved by querying the Graph membership state referenced in the "membershipState" entry of the GraphUser "_links" dictionary
isAadIdentity	boolean	Deprecated - Can be inferred from the subject type of the descriptor (Descriptor.IsAadUserType/Descriptor.IsAadGroupType)
isContainer	boolean	Deprecated - Can be inferred from the subject type of the descriptor (Descriptor.IsGroupType)
isDeletedInOrigin	boolean
profileUrl	string	Deprecated - not in use in most preexisting implementations of ToIdentityRef
uniqueName	string	Deprecated - use Domain+PrincipalName instead
url	string	This url is the full route to the source resource of this graph subject.

ProjectState

Project state.

Name	Type	Description
all	string	All projects regardless of state except Deleted.
createPending	string	Project has been queued for creation, but the process has not yet started.
deleted	string	Project has been deleted.
deleting	string	Project is in the process of being deleted.
new	string	Project is in the process of being created.
unchanged	string	Project has not been changed.
wellFormed	string	Project is completely created and ready to use.

ProjectVisibility

Project visibility.

Name	Type	Description
private	string	The project is only visible to users with explicit access.
public	string	The project is visible to all.

PropertiesCollection

The class represents a property bag as a collection of key-value pairs. Values of all primitive types (any type with a TypeCode != TypeCode.Object) except for DBNull are accepted. Values of type Byte[], Int32, Double, DateType and String preserve their type, other primitives are retuned as a String. Byte[] expected as base64 encoded string.

Name	Type	Description
count	integer	The count of properties in the collection.
item	object
keys	string[]	The set of keys in the collection.
values	string[]	The set of values in the collection.

QueueOptions

Additional options for queueing the build.

Name	Type	Description
doNotRun	string	Create a plan Id for the build, do not run it
none	string	No queue options

QueuePriority

The build's priority.

Name	Type	Description
aboveNormal	string	Above normal priority.
belowNormal	string	Below normal priority.
high	string	High priority.
low	string	Low priority.
normal	string	Normal priority.

ReferenceLinks

The class to represent a collection of REST reference links.

Name	Type	Description
links	object	The readonly view of the links. Because Reference links are readonly, we only want to expose them as read only.

TaskAgentPoolReference

Represents a reference to an agent pool.

Name	Type	Description
id	integer	The pool ID.
isHosted	boolean	A value indicating whether or not this pool is managed by the service.
name	string	The pool name.

TaskOrchestrationPlanReference

Represents a reference to an orchestration plan.

Name	Type	Description
orchestrationType	integer	The type of the plan.
planId	string	The ID of the plan.

TeamProjectReference

Represents a shallow reference to a TeamProject.

Name	Type	Description
abbreviation	string	Project abbreviation.
defaultTeamImageUrl	string	Url to default team identity image.
description	string	The project's description (if any).
id	string	Project identifier.
lastUpdateTime	string	Project last update time.
name	string	Project name.
revision	integer	Project revision.
state	ProjectState	Project state.
url	string	Url to the full version of the object.
visibility	ProjectVisibility	Project visibility.

ValidationResult

The result.

Name	Type	Description
error	string
ok	string
warning	string