Jenkins selected filtering values in parameter objects

[Chennai Cheetah]

How do I get only selected jenkins information from the API response.

I tried with the below url

https://myorg.com/job/architecture-shared-services/job/myrepo/api/json?tree=builds[number,url,result,actions[parameters[name,value]]]&pretty=true{0,2}

and it returned almost all data present in the build details.

How do I filter rulesetid,branch details only from the parameter object, while rest of the parameters are not required in the response.

Below is my API Response

{ "_class": "org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.job.WorkflowJob", "builds": [ { "_class": "org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.job.WorkflowRun", "actions": [ { "_class": "hudson.model.ParametersAction", "parameters": [ { "_class": "hudson.model.TextParameterValue", "name": "rulesetid", "value": "62e11268999630f4a49295c4" }, { "_class": "hudson.model.TextParameterValue", "name": "environment", "value": "sit" }, { "_class": "hudson.model.TextParameterValue", "name": "tranid", "value": "1234" } ] }, { "_class": "org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.job.views.FlowGraphAction" } ], "number": 243, "result": "SUCCESS", "url": "https://jenkins.myrepodigital.com/job/architecture-shared-services/job/myrepoio-io-rmaappetite_sit/243/" }, { "_class": "org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.job.WorkflowRun", "actions": [ { "_class": "hudson.model.ParametersAction", "parameters": [ { "_class": "hudson.model.TextParameterValue", "name": "branch", "value": "sit" }, { "_class": "hudson.model.TextParameterValue", "name": "environment", "value": "sit" }, { "_class": "hudson.model.TextParameterValue", "name": "tranid", "value": "12345" } ] }, { "_class": "org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.job.views.FlowGraphAction" } ], "number": 243, "result": "SUCCESS", "url": "https://jenkins.myrepodigital.com/job/architecture-shared-services/job/myrepoio-io-rmaappetite_sit/243/" } ] }

[Daniel Beck]

On Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 3:39 PM Chennai Cheetah <chennai...@gmail.com> wrote:

How do I get only selected jenkins information from the API response.

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How do I filter rulesetid,branch details only from the parameter object, while rest of the parameters are not required in the response.

Work with the XML API output and use an XPath expression, or process the JSON API responses using a tool like jq.

[Chennai Cheetah]

hi db,

I tried with xml api  below is my url

https://jenkins.myrepo.com/job/architecture-shared-services/job/loanrules_sit/api/xml?tree=builds[number,url,result,actions[parameters[name,value]]]&pretty=true&xpath=//parameter[name=%27rulesetid%27%20and%20value=%27635aa36a3f80310ae7e36c87%27]&wrapper=builds

It returns 

<builds>
<parameter _class="hudson.model.TextParameterValue">
<name>rulesetid</name>
<value>635aa36a3f80310ae7e36c87</value>
</parameter>
</builds>

How do I get number, url, result tags in the response?

[Mateusz Pawełek]

Hi,

Try with that:

https://jenkins.myrepo.com/job/architecture-shared-services/job/loanrules_sit/api/xml?tree=builds[number,url,result,actions[parameters[name,value]]]&pretty=true&xpath=//parameter[name=%27rulesetid%27%20and%20value=%27635aa36a3f80310ae7e36c87%27]/../..&wrapper=builds
The /../.. at the end of xpath is crucial. This means that you find the wanted parameter and go up 2 levels in a hierarchy where are number, url, result.