Builds

APIs for managing builds are currently available for developers to preview. During the preview period, the API may change without advance notice.

Start a new build

POST /builds

Note that when starting builds from an API request, the workflow and branch information is passed with the curl request and any configuration related to triggers or branches in UI settings or in codemagic.yaml is ignored.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`appId`	`string`	Required. The application identifier.
`workflowId`	`string`	Required. The workflow identifier as specified in YAML file.
`branch`	`string`	Required. The branch name.
`environment`	`object`	Optional. Specify environment variables and software versions to override values defined in workflow settings.

Curl request

curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "x-auth-token: <API Token>" --data '{"appId": "<app_id>","workflowId": "<workflow_id>","branch": "<git_branch_name>"}' https://api.codemagic.io/builds

Example

{
  "appId": "5c9c064185dd2310123b8e96",
  "workflowId": "release",
  "branch": "master",
  "environment": {
    "variables": {
      "ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE_1": "...",
      "ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE_2": "..."
    },
    "softwareVersions": {
      "xcode": "11.4.1",
      "flutter": "v1.12.13+hotfix.9"
    }
  }
}

Response

The request returns the ID of the started build in JSON as {"buildId":"5fabc6414c483700143f4f92"}.

Get list of builds

GET /builds

Returns information about builds from the Codemagic build history. Filters are applicable.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`appId`	`string`	Optional. The application identifier.
`workflowId`	`string`	Optional. The workflow identifier as specified in YAML file.
`branch`	`string`	Optional. The branch name.

Curl request

curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "x-auth-token: <API Token>" --request GET https://api.codemagic.io/builds?appId=<app_id>&workflowId=<workflow_id>&branch=<branch_name>

Response

{
  "applications": [
    {
    "_id": "5d85eaa0e941e00019e81bc2",
    "appName": "counter_flutter",
    ...
    }
   ],
  "builds": [
    {
      "_id": "5ec8eea2261f342603f4d0bc",
      "appId": "5d85eaa0e941e00019e81bc2",
      "workflowId": "5d85f242e941e00019e81bd2",
      "branch": "develop",
      "status": "finished",
      "startedAt": "2020-09-08T07:18:02.203+0000",
      "finishedAt": "2020-09-08T07:20:13.040+0000",
      "artefacts": [
        {
          "md5": "81298e2f39a0e2d401b583f4f32d88d1",
          "name": "app-debug.apk",
          "packageName": "io.codemagic.counter-flutter",
          "size": 59325441,
          "type": "apk",
          "url": "https://static.codemagic.io/files/2667d83f-a05b-44a5-8839-51fd4b05e7ce/d44b59f6-ebe9-4ca5-80ee-86ce372790ee/app-debug.apk",
          "versionName": "1.0.2"
        },
        {
          "md5": "d34bf9732ef125bd761d76b2cf3017bc",
          "name": "Runner.app",
          "size": 96849493,
          "type": "app",
          "url": "https://static.codemagic.io/files/5020d900-14c2-4e96-9c95-93869e1e2d2f/0ec3367c-704e-4d36-895b-6b3944e43113/Runner.app"
        }
      ],
      ...
    },
    ...
  ]
}

Get build status

GET /builds/:id

Returns the build information of an already running build on Codemagic.

Curl request

curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "x-auth-token: <API Token>" --request GET https://api.codemagic.io/builds/<build_id>

Response

{
  "application": {
    "_id": "5d85eaa0e941e00019e81bc2",
    "appName": "counter_flutter"
  },
  "build": {
    "_id": "5ec8eea2261f342603f4d0bc",
    "startedAt": "2020-05-23T09:36:39.028+0000",
    "status": "building",
    "workflowId": "5d85f242e941e00019e81bd2"
  }
}

Cancel build

POST /builds/:id/cancel

Curl request

curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "x-auth-token: <API Token>" --request POST https://api.codemagic.io/builds/<build_id>/cancel

The request will return 208 Already Reported if the build has already finished.

If you have multiple similar workflows for the same project, you can configure your workflows dynamically using API calls, read more about it here.