Start a TFS/ VSTS Build And Wait For Completion

start-a-build-with-name-x-and-wait.ps1

Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.TeamFoundation.PowerShell
#Add-Type -Path "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE\ReferenceAssemblies\v2.0\Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client.dll"
# *VSTS Load Above* Load the TFS powershell

# NOTE: Must allow build to access tokens in the options

Clear-Host

$buildToStart = "My-Build-Name e.g. Test - CLI"
$newLine = [System.Environment]::NewLine

#$env:SYSTEM_TEAMFOUNDATIONCOLLECTIONURI = "https://mytenancy.visualstudio.com/"
#$env:SYSTEM_TEAMPROJECTID = "MySharedApps"

"*************************************************************************************************************************************************"
"Get All Builds in the project"

# e.g. https://mytenancy.visualstudio.com/MySharedApps/_apis/build/definitions?api-version=2.0
$allBuildsUrl = "$($env:SYSTEM_TEAMFOUNDATIONCOLLECTIONURI)$($env:SYSTEM_TEAMPROJECTID)/_apis/build/definitions?api-version=2.0"
$allBuildsUrl
$allBuilds = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $allBuildsUrl -Headers @{
    Authorization = "Bearer $env:SYSTEM_ACCESSTOKEN"
}

"Builds Found"
"-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
$allBuilds
"-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"

$buildWeWant = {}
foreach($item in $allBuilds.value)
{
	"Build - $item.name"
	if($item.name -like $buildToStart)
	{
		"YES! Got Build $item.name"
		$buildWeWant = $item
		break
	}
}


$buildId = $buildWeWant.id
$buildName = $buildWeWant.name

"************************************        Queue Build    $buildName ($buildId)         ********************************************************"

# Kick off a build

$json = "definition: { id:$buildId }"
$json = "{ $json }"
"JSON: $json"
$buildRequest = Invoke-RestMethod -Method Post -ContentType application/json -Uri "$($env:SYSTEM_TEAMFOUNDATIONCOLLECTIONURI)$($env:SYSTEM_TEAMPROJECTID)/_apis/build/builds?api-version=2.0" -Body $json -Headers @{
    Authorization = "Bearer $env:SYSTEM_ACCESSTOKEN"
}


$requestedBuildId = $buildRequest.id 
"-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
"Build Request ID: $requestedBuildId"
"-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"

$i = 1

do{
	"$newLine $newLine"
	"Check: $i"
	# e.g. https://mytenancy.visualstudio.com/MySharedApps/_apis/build/builds/226?api-version=2.0
	$checkBuildUrl = "$($env:SYSTEM_TEAMFOUNDATIONCOLLECTIONURI)$($env:SYSTEM_TEAMPROJECTID)/_apis/build/builds/$($requestedBuildId)?api-version=2.0"
	$checkBuildUrl
	$buildStatus = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $checkBuildUrl -Headers @{
		Authorization = "Bearer $env:SYSTEM_ACCESSTOKEN"
	}
	
	$currentBuildStatus = $buildStatus.status
	
	if($currentBuildStatus -eq "completed")
	{
		if($buildStatus.result -ne "succeeded")
		{
			$buildResult = $buildStatus.result
			throw [Exception] "BUILD FAILED: $buildToStart. Result: $buildResult"
		}
		else
		{
			"BUILD COMPLETE: $buildToStart"
		}
	}
	else{
		"Build Status: $currentBuildStatus"
	}
	sleep 60 #wait 60 seconds
$i++
}
while ($i -le 120) #keep checking for 120 minutes




"*************************************************************************************************************************************************"