Issue

I would like to be able to build a job remotely using the Jenkins REST API and cURL. This provides a workaround for JENKINS-12543, that doesn’t require SSH Key Authentication.
 

Environment

• CloudBees Jenkins Enterprise
• Remote Access API
• cURL

Resolution

Example build:

curl -X POST http://developer:developer@localhost:8080/job/test/build

Obviously, replace:

• developer:developer with your username:password
• localhost:8080 with your Jenkins URL
• test with your job name

Example build with String parameter:

curl -X POST http://developer:developer@localhost:8080/job/test/build --data-urlencode json='{"parameter": [{"name":"paramA", "value":"123"}]}'

Obviously, replace:

• developer:developer with your username:password
• localhost:8080 with your Jenkins URL
• test with your job name
• paramA with your parameter name
• 123 with your parameter value

See Remote Access API for more.