Getting _focus values from the REST API
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I'm currently trying to generate links to my TeamCity build logs for failed builds that will be commented on where the build was triggered from. For convenience sake I want to include a _focus value in the link that correlates to where the failure in the build was, or even just getting the value for a certain step in the build. The only focus values I can find from the API are from the /app/rest/testOccurrences endpoint, but the configuration I am trying to implement this for doesn't have any tests. Is there any other way to get focus values from the API?
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Hi Arman,
if you have build problems, instead of testOccurrences, you could try with "problemOccurrences". It does not have a "focus" value, but you can use log anchors:
<url>/app/rest/latest/problemOccurrences?locator=build:(id:<build_id>)&fields=problemOccurrence(logAnchor)
That should give you an anchor to create a link for the log. Could you give it a try
have to bump this
I get the logAnchor is useful when you redirect user to viewLog page, like so:
but the number of logAnchor doesn't match the line number of the downloaded build log
and I need to capture the exact line of error to my user, can you provide another variable for line number in ProblemOccurrence Object in future release??
Hello Philip,
Unfortunately adding such a variable would be quite complex as it requires lots of processing, and as such it is not likely that it will happen in a nearby future. Did you have a chance to try the workaround proposed by Denis?
Thank you,
Guilherme