BuildControllerWebService

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StartBuild

Test

The test form is only available for requests from the local machine.

SOAP 1.1

The following is a sample SOAP 1.1 request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

POST /_tfs_resources/Build/V1.0/BuildController.asmx HTTP/1.1
Host: dev.pikacom.com
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length
SOAPAction: "http://schemas.microsoft.com/TeamFoundation/2005/06/Build/BuildController/03/StartBuild"

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Body>
    <StartBuild xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/TeamFoundation/2005/06/Build/BuildController/03">
      <buildParameters>
        <TeamFoundationServer>string</TeamFoundationServer>
        <TeamProject>string</TeamProject>
        <BuildType>string</BuildType>
        <BuildDirectory>string</BuildDirectory>
        <BuildNumber>string</BuildNumber>
        <LastBuildNumber>string</LastBuildNumber>
        <LastGoodBuildNumber>string</LastGoodBuildNumber>
        <BuildUri>string</BuildUri>
        <BuildMachine>string</BuildMachine>
        <DropLocation>string</DropLocation>
        <RequestedBy>string</RequestedBy>
      </buildParameters>
    </StartBuild>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Body>
    <StartBuildResponse xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/TeamFoundation/2005/06/Build/BuildController/03">
      <StartBuildResult>string</StartBuildResult>
    </StartBuildResponse>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

SOAP 1.2

The following is a sample SOAP 1.2 request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

POST /_tfs_resources/Build/V1.0/BuildController.asmx HTTP/1.1
Host: dev.pikacom.com
Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap12="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
  <soap12:Body>
    <StartBuild xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/TeamFoundation/2005/06/Build/BuildController/03">
      <buildParameters>
        <TeamFoundationServer>string</TeamFoundationServer>
        <TeamProject>string</TeamProject>
        <BuildType>string</BuildType>
        <BuildDirectory>string</BuildDirectory>
        <BuildNumber>string</BuildNumber>
        <LastBuildNumber>string</LastBuildNumber>
        <LastGoodBuildNumber>string</LastGoodBuildNumber>
        <BuildUri>string</BuildUri>
        <BuildMachine>string</BuildMachine>
        <DropLocation>string</DropLocation>
        <RequestedBy>string</RequestedBy>
      </buildParameters>
    </StartBuild>
  </soap12:Body>
</soap12:Envelope>

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap12="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
  <soap12:Body>
    <StartBuildResponse xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/TeamFoundation/2005/06/Build/BuildController/03">
      <StartBuildResult>string</StartBuildResult>
    </StartBuildResponse>
  </soap12:Body>
</soap12:Envelope>