There's a (very) new plugin that seems to do exactly what you want:
https://github.com/Spedge/job-run-uuid
https://github.com/jenkinsci/job-run-uuid-plugin
Its developer wrote on the Jenkins devs list:
> The plugin allows you to request a build from the API but it returns a JSON
> snippet with a UUID for the job. This allows you to track the status of a job
> (using another part of the API) even before it has left the queue and has
> been assigned a run id - being in the queue is a valid state.
>
> I've found it very useful for executing batches (100+) of the same job but
> with different parameters, then tracking the status of them as they get
> completed.
>
> [...]
>
> I'm also happy to listen to any suggestions or recommendations for this :)
Regards
Daniel
On 22.11.2013, at 11:56, Julian Payne <jpayne...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am trying to use the REST API to submit a job and follow it's progress. The
> problem that I am facing is that I can not see a fool-proof way to know what
> is the job number of the new job when I submit using
> job/MyJob/buildWithParameters
>
> What I get back as JSON is designed for the UI but does not seem to give me
> an explicit handle to the new job.
>
> Here are the different replies that I seem to get:
>
> 1. inQueue = true
> queueItem = null
> nextBuildNumber = <n>
>
> In this case I could suppose that my build will be <n> but as I need
> concurrent builds is this guaranteed?
>
> 2. inQueue = true
> queueItem = { number = <n> ... }
>
> Again I can see that there is a build in the queue but how can I be sure
> that is mine?
>
> It seems that the REST API works fine for the Jenkins UI that does not track
> specific jobs but not really designed to submit and track a specific job?
>
> Hopefully I missed something and this is not the case?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
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