Issue

I would like to be able to update job config files remotely using the Jenkins REST API and cURL.

Environment

• CloudBees Jenkins Enterprise
• Remote Access API
• cURL

Resolution

Here is an example that I used to test this locally:

# Get current config
curl --user $USER:$API_TOKEN -X GET http://localhost:8080/job/test/config.xml -o mylocalconfig.xml

# Post updated config
curl --user $USER:$API_TOKEN -X POST http://localhost:8080/job/test/config.xml -H 'Content-Type: application/xml' --data-binary "@mymodifiedlocalconfig.xml"

Where you will have to replace:

• $USER:$API_TOKEN with your username and an API token
• localhost:8080 with your Jenkins URL
• test with your job name

See Remote Access API for more.