Often when doing some build integration work with the TFS2008 Build API, you will want to get the latest build for a particular definition – for example to show the latest status of the build etc. To do that use the following code snippet:
TeamFoundationServer tfs = new TeamFoundationServer("http://tfsserver:8080");
IBuildServer buildServer = (IBuildServer) tfs.GetService(typeof(IBuildServer));
IBuildDetailSpec buildDetailSpec = buildServer.CreateBuildDetailSpec("Team Project", "Build Definition Name");
buildDetailSpec.MaxBuildsPerDefinition = 1;
buildDetailSpec.QueryOrder = BuildQueryOrder.FinishTimeDescending;
IBuildQueryResult results = buildServer.QueryBuilds(buildDetailSpec);
if (results.Failures.Length == 0 && results.Builds.Length == 1)
{
IBuildDetail buildDetail = results.Builds[0];
Console.WriteLine("Build: " + buildDetail.BuildNumber);
Console.WriteLine("Account requesting build “ +
“(build service user for triggered builds): " + buildDetail.RequestedBy);
Console.WriteLine("Build triggered by: " + buildDetail.RequestedFor);
}
IBuildServer buildServer = (IBuildServer) tfs.GetService(typeof(IBuildServer));
IBuildDetailSpec buildDetailSpec = buildServer.CreateBuildDetailSpec("Team Project", "Build Definition Name");
buildDetailSpec.MaxBuildsPerDefinition = 1;
buildDetailSpec.QueryOrder = BuildQueryOrder.FinishTimeDescending;
IBuildQueryResult results = buildServer.QueryBuilds(buildDetailSpec);
if (results.Failures.Length == 0 && results.Builds.Length == 1)
{
IBuildDetail buildDetail = results.Builds[0];
Console.WriteLine("Build: " + buildDetail.BuildNumber);
Console.WriteLine("Account requesting build “ +
“(build service user for triggered builds): " + buildDetail.RequestedBy);
Console.WriteLine("Build triggered by: " + buildDetail.RequestedFor);
}
Note that if you are wanting to display a continually updated list of builds, then you should take a look at the CreateQueuedBuildsView method on IBuildServer as a lot of the hard work is done for you. See my Build Wallboard example on the MSDN Code Gallery for more information.
