Script to check whether a jenkins build is broken or not

checkJenkinsBuild.sh

#!/bin/sh

build_info=$(curl -s http://<jenkinshost>/job/<your-job>/lastBuild/api/json --user <read-only-username>:<committable-password>)
job_status=`echo $build_info | grep "\"result\":\"SUCCESS\""`
if [ -n "$job_status" ]
then
        continue;
else
        while true; do
            read -p "The latest build is broken or a build is already in progress. Is your commit fixing a broken build? (y or n) " yn
            case $yn in
                [Yy] ) echo "Thanks!"; break;;
                [Nn] ) echo "Please wait until the build is done!"; exit 1;;
                * ) echo "Please answer y or n.";;
            esac
        done
fi