Release Snapshot API

Release Snapshot API

Snapshots can be created through this API using a POST service and snapshot information can be retrieved using a GET service.

GET

There are two implementations of GET. One will find a Snapshot with the given release id and snapshot id and return the JSON representation of the Snapshot. The other will find a list of Snapshots matching the parameters supplied to it.

GET (By Id)

This GET service will return the JSON representation of a snapshot given a release id and snapshot Id.

Request

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

snapshotId

URL

Yes

Path parameter for the snapshot Id which is used to return a snapshot

releaseId

URL

Yes

Path parameter for the release Id which contains the snapshot that will be returned

Response

Snapshot JSON objects can having the following attributes:

Attribute

Type

Description

Attribute

Type

Description

snapshotId

Long

The id of the snapshot

snapshotName

String

The name of the snapshot, which is generated based on the time of creation

snapshotStatus

String

The status of the snapshot. Possible values are:

  • COMPLETED - The snapshot was successfully assembled, but has not yet been sent to pipeline for execution. Snapshot will stay in this status for very short time and will transition to INITIATED.

  • FAILED - The snapshot failed to be assembled (which could mean the underlying build failed).

  • FAILED TO INITIATE - The snapshot was assembled, but failed to be sent to the pipeline for execution.

  • INITIATED - The snapshot has been sent to the pipeline for execution.

  • PENDING - The snapshot is in the process of being assembled and sent to the pipeline for execution.

description

String

The description of the snapshot

snapshotVersions

List<SnapshotVersionPojo>

The version information about the projects/packages contained within this snapshot

snapshotVariables

List<SnapshotVariable>

The related snapshot variables

links

List<Link>

List of any relevant links for the object.

Elements of snapshotVersions has following attributes:

Attribute

Type

Description

Attribute

Type

Description

projectId

Long

The id of the project

projectStreamId

Long

The id of the Stream which the project/package was built from

projectVersionId

Long

The version id of the project

packageName

String

The name of the package (partial deployment projects only)

requestAllFiles

Boolean

Whether or not the project includes all files (partial deployment projects only)

snapshotVersionStatus

String

The current status of the individual project version within the snapshot. Possible values are:

  • PENDING - The project is has not yet been built for the snapshot. 

  • SUBMITTED - The project is currently being built for the snapshot.

  • COMPLETED - The project has been built successfully for the snapshot.

  • FAILED - The project has failed to build.

  • EXISTING - The snapshot is utilizing an already built version of the project.

Elements of snapshotVariables has the following attributes:

Attribute

Type

Description

Attribute

Type

Description

displayName

String

Display name

code

String

Code for the variable

description

String

Description of the variable

dataType

String

Data type of the variable

value

String

Value of the variable

updatedBy

String

Who last updated this variable

updatedOn

String

Last time the variable was updated

Response Codes

HTTP Code

Description

HTTP Code

Description

200

Snapshot was found and returned

400

Bad request

401

Authentication failure

403

Authorization failure (no access to resource)

404

Release or snapshot not found

500

Unexpected internal server error

Example

If a snapshot in our database had an id of 10005 and releaseId of 14321 and a GET request was sent to http://host:port/flexdeploy/rest/v1/releases/14321/snapshot/10005

A Snapshot JSON object will be returned with snapshot information:

Response JSON
{ "snapshotId": 10005, "snapshotName": "07-09-2018 12:15:03", "description": "", "snapshotStatus": "INITIATED", "snapshotVersions": [ { "projectId": 10000, "packageName": "package1", "projectVersionId": 10025, "requestAllFiles": false, "snapshotVersionStatus": "EXISTING" }, { "projectId": 10000, "packageName": "package2", "projectVersionId": 10040, "requestAllFiles": false, "snapshotVersionStatus": "EXISTING" }, { "projectId": 10002, "packageName": null, "projectVersionId": 10065, "requestAllFiles": false, "snapshotVersionStatus": "EXISTING" }], "snapshotVariables": [ { "value": "", "displayName": "Name", "description": "description", "dataType": "String", "code": "VARIABLE", "updatedBy": "fduser", "updatedOn": "07-02-2020 12:37:18" }], "links": [ { "type": "UI", "link": "http://host:port/flexdeploy/faces/releases?dashboard=true&relSnapshotId=10005&relDefinitionId=14321" } ] }

GET (Using Query Parameters)

This GET service will return the JSON representation of a list of snapshots given the release id and snapshot query parameters. Results are sorted so latest snapshots are returned first.

Request

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

releaseId

Long (URL)

Yes

Path parameter for the release Id. All returned snapshots will be in this release.

snapshotName

String (Query)

No

Query based on the generated name of the snapshot. Name is case sensitive and must be exact.

snapshotStatus

String (Query)

No

Query based on the status of the snapshot. Possible statuses are COMPLETED, FAILED, FAILED TO INITIATE, INITIATED, and PENDING. Status is case insensitive.

limit

Integer (Query)

No

Limits the number of snapshots returned to specified value. If no limit is provided, all snapshots matching the criteria are returned.

If no query parameters are provided, all the snapshots in the release will be returned.

Response

Snapshot JSON objects can have the following attributes:

Attribute

Type

Description

Attribute

Type

Description

snapshotId

Long

The id of the snapshot

snapshotName

String 

The name of the snapshot, which is generated based on the time of creation

snapshotStatus

String

The status of the snapshot. Possible values are:

  • COMPLETED - The snapshot was successfully assembled, but has not yet been sent to pipeline for execution.

  • FAILED - The snapshot failed to be assembled (which could mean the underlying build failed).

  • FAILED TO INITIATE - The snapshot was assembled, but failed to be sent to the pipeline for execution.

  • INITIATED - The snapshot has been sent to the pipeline for execution.

  • PENDING - The snapshot is in the process of being assembled and sent to the pipeline for execution.

description

String

The description of the snapshot

snapshotVersions

List<SnapshotVersionPojo>

The version information about the projects/packages contained within this snapshot

snapshotVariables

List<SnapshotVariable>

The related snapshot variables

Elements of snapshotVersions has the following attributes:

Attribute

Type

Description

Attribute

Type

Description

projectId

Long

The id of the project

projectStreamId

Long

The id of the Stream which the project/package was built from

projectVersionId

Long

The version id of the project

packageName

String

The name of the package (partial deployment projects only)

requestAllFiles

Boolean

Whether or not the project includes all files (partial deployment projects only)

snapshotVersionStatus

String

The current status of the individual project version within the snapshot. Possible values are: 

  • PENDING - The project is has not yet been built for the snapshot. 

  • SUBMITTED - The project is currently being built for the snapshot.

  • COMPLETED - The project has been built successfully for the snapshot.

  • FAILED - The project has failed to build.

  • EXISTING - The snapshot is utilizing an already built version of the project.

Elements of snapshotVariables have the following attributes:

Attribute

Type

Description

Attribute

Type

Description

displayName

String

Display name

code

String

Code for the variable

description

String

Description of the variable

dataType

String

Data type of the variable

value

String

Value of the variable

updatedBy

String

Who last updated this variable

updatedOn

String

Last time the variable was updated

Response Codes

HTTP Code

Description

HTTP Code

Description

200

Search successful and results returned

400

Bad request

401

Authentication failure

403

Authorization failure (no access to resource)

500

Unexpected internal server error

Example

If we have a release with id 11211 and want to see the latest 2 snapshots with a status of COMPLETED, we would send this request:

Request: http://host:port/flexdeploy/rest/v1/releases/11211/snapshot?status=COMPLETED&limit=2

A GET request would be triggered and return the following JSON snapshots object:

GET JSON Response
[ { "snapshotId": 11501, "snapshotStatus": "COMPLETED", "snapshotVersions": [ { "snapshotVersionStatus": "COMPLETED", "projectVersionId": 33129, "projectId": 25208, "packageName": null, "projectStreamId": 25209, "requestAllFiles": false }, { "snapshotVersionStatus": "COMPLETED", "projectVersionId": 33175, "projectId": 25228, "packageName": "Package1", "projectStreamId": 25229, "requestAllFiles": false }, { "snapshotVersionStatus": "COMPLETED", "projectVersionId": 33146, "projectId": 25228, "packageName": "Package2", "projectStreamId": 25229, "requestAllFiles": false } ], "snapshotName": "02-08-2019 08:52:02", "description": null, "snapshotVariables": [ { "value": "", "displayName": "Name", "description": "description", "dataType": "String", "code": "VARIABLE", "updatedBy": "fduser", "updatedOn": "07-02-2020 12:37:18" }] }, { "snapshotId": 11346, "snapshotStatus": "COMPLETED", "snapshotVersions": [ { "snapshotVersionStatus": "COMPLETED", "projectVersionId": 32466, "projectId": 25208, "packageName": null, "projectStreamId": 25209, "requestAllFiles": false }, { "snapshotVersionStatus": "COMPLETED", "projectVersionId": 32436, "projectId": 25228, "packageName": null, "projectStreamId": 25229, "requestAllFiles": true } ], "snapshotName": "02-06-2019 16:35:04", "description": null, "snapshotVariables": [] } ]

POST (create snapshot)

This POST service will create a new snapshot with the same attributes as the given JSON object.

Request

POST will receive a snapshot input JSON object and return a snapshot JSON object. Snapshot input JSON objects can have the following attributes:

Attributes

Type

Required

Description

Attributes

Type

Required

Description

releaseId

URL

Yes

Path parameter for the release Id where the snapshot will be added

action

String

Yes

should be set to createSnapshot for this API.

description

String

No

The description of the snapshot

snapshotVersionInputs

List<SnapshotVersionInputPojo>

No

  • A list of project versions to be built or existing versions to be associated with new snapshot.

  • If you do not provide projectVersionId, build will be initiated.

  • If you do not supply specific project that is configured in release, it will be added for build. projectId and packageName is used to identify if project is configured in Release or not.

  • If you supply projectId and packageName combination that is not part of release, exception will be thrown.

  • If you do not provide anything for this attribute, build will be initiated for all project in Release.

Elements of snapshotVersionInputs has following attributes:

Attributes

Type

Required

Description

Attributes

Type

Required

Description

projectId

Long

Yes

Project associated with release.

projectVersionId

Long

No

The version id of the project. If project version is not supplied new build will be performed.

packageName

String

Yes for partial deploy,

otherwise No

The name of the package (used for partial deployment projects only) associated with release. If Partial deployment project and packageName is not supplied it will be considered all files type version.

buildEnvironmentId

Long

No

The build environment associated with the project. If not supplied and only one environment found for build instance then it will be defaulted.

forceBuild

Boolean

No

Whether or not the project should be force built. This will be overridden to true for partial deployment project.

Response

Snapshot JSON objects can having the following attributes:

Attributes

Type

Description

Attributes

Type

Description

snapshotId

Long

The id of the snapshot

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