how to cancel build queue jobs in jenkins, which are not started by jenkins and are in its build queue through REST API

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how to cancel build queue jobs in jenkins through REST API, which are not started by jenkins and are in its build queue. I know how to cancel the in-progress job with below command

curl -X POST <jenkins-server>/job/<job-name>/<build-number>/doDelete

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 15 '15 at 04:33

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To cancel a job in the queue, you can POST:

http://jenkins/queue/cancelItem?id=x

To find x, you can parse the result of:

http://jenkins/queue/api/json?tree=items[id,task[name]]

To cancel a build that is in progress:

http://jenkins/job/<jobName>/y/stop

To find y, you can parse the result of:

http://jenkins/job/<jobName>/lastBuild/api/json?tree=building,number

answered Dec 15 '15 at 04:33

Allan

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thanks allan, but as I am automating this from front-end its becoming quite difficult to delete or cancel particular job with only ID. Can we stop jenkins from making build queue ? – tusharkumar singhal Dec 15 '15 at 13:50

Eduardo Yáñez Parareda · Answer 2 · 2015-12-14T14:24:56.260

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It's not possible to cancel a job by its build number, only through the job id:

curl -X POST 'http://jenkins/queue/cancelItem?id=85'

edited Dec 14 '15 at 14:24

answered Dec 14 '15 at 07:17

Eduardo Yáñez Parareda

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No its not working, i tried curl -X POST http:///queue/cancelItem?id=152 , curl --data '' http:// – tusharkumar singhal Dec 14 '15 at 09:07
Well, --data '' is used for sending a POST request with curl. – Eduardo Yáñez Parareda Dec 14 '15 at 09:58
Try curl --request POST 'http://jenkins/queue/cancelItem?id=154' or curl -X POST '.....id=154' – Eduardo Yáñez Parareda Dec 14 '15 at 09:59
No its not working, curl --request POST /queue/cancelItem?id=167 – tusharkumar singhal Dec 14 '15 at 10:24
Hi Eduardo, sorry this one worked but only with id, I am trying to do this with build number – tusharkumar singhal Dec 14 '15 at 11:19
try with build=XXX instead of id=XXX – Eduardo Yáñez Parareda Dec 14 '15 at 11:54
also i think it will be more feasible to find a way to do cancelitem like this - : curl -X POST /job/ – tusharkumar singhal Dec 14 '15 at 14:01
Both are not working..it seems jenkins only taking id, curl --request POST /queue/cancelItem?build=167 or curl --request POST /queue/cancelItem?nextBuildNumber=167 – tusharkumar singhal Dec 14 '15 at 14:15

how to cancel build queue jobs in jenkins, which are not started by jenkins and are in its build queue through REST API

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