Buildkite

Buildkite Jobs API

The Jobs API from Buildkite — 2 operation(s) for jobs.

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Business capability
Continuous Integration Management BC-4210.10

Operations 2

Each operation below carries the questions people ask an LLM about it and the instructions they give an agent to run it. Generated by API Evangelist overlay

PUT /organizations/{org}/pipelines/{pipeline}/builds/{number}/jobs/{job}/retry Retry a job in a build · Retry A Job #
Ask an LLM
“How do I retry a single failed job without rebuilding everything?”
“Can I re-run just one step of a build?”
Tell an agent
Retry job {job} in build {number} of pipeline {pipeline} in {org}.
Re-run the failed job {job} from build {number}.
GET /organizations/{org}/pipelines/{pipeline}/builds/{number}/jobs/{job}/log Get a job's log output · Get Job Log Output #
Ask an LLM
“How do I download the log output of a job?”
“Where can I read the console output a build step printed?”
Tell an agent
Get the log for job {job} in build {number} of pipeline {pipeline} in {org}.
Show me the console output of job {job}.

Documentation

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Documentation
https://buildkite.com/docs/apis/rest-api
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Authentication
https://buildkite.com/docs/apis/managing-api-tokens

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://artifacts.apis.io/buildkite-com/openapi/buildkite-com-jobs-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/buildkite-com/json-schema/buildkite-pipeline-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/buildkite-com/json-schema/buildkite-build-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/buildkite-com/json-schema/buildkite-agent-schema.json

Other Resources

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JSONLD
https://artifacts.apis.io/buildkite-com/json-ld/buildkite-com-context.jsonld

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OpenAPI Specification

buildkite-com-jobs-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Buildkite REST Jobs API
  version: v2
  description: 'Programmatic control of Buildkite Pipelines covering organizations, pipelines,

    builds, jobs, artifacts, annotations, agents, clusters, queues, and access tokens.

    Authenticated with a Bearer API access token.'
  contact:
    name: Buildkite Support
    url: https://buildkite.com/support
  license:
    name: Buildkite Terms of Service
    url: https://buildkite.com/legal/terms-of-service
servers:
- url: https://api.buildkite.com/v2
  description: Buildkite REST API v2
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Jobs
paths:
  /organizations/{org}/pipelines/{pipeline}/builds/{number}/jobs/{job}/retry:
    put:
      tags:
      - Jobs
      summary: Retry A Job
      operationId: retryJob
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Org'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Pipeline'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/BuildNumber'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/JobId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Job retried
  /organizations/{org}/pipelines/{pipeline}/builds/{number}/jobs/{job}/log:
    get:
      tags:
      - Jobs
      summary: Get Job Log Output
      operationId: getJobLog
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Org'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Pipeline'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/BuildNumber'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/JobId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Log content
components:
  parameters:
    Pipeline:
      name: pipeline
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
      description: Pipeline slug
    Org:
      name: org
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
      description: Organization slug
    JobId:
      name: job
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
      description: Job UUID
    BuildNumber:
      name: number
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: integer
      description: Build number
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: API access token