Execute jenkins jobs using curl and crumb

execute_jenkins_api_curl_crumb.sh

# Execute a job in jenkins, using api and crumb

# Replace CRED for your credentials and my_jenkins_instance.com with your jenkins instance
CRED=<admin:secret>

# Get crumb 
CRUMB=`curl -s --cookie-jar ./cookie  -k -u "$CRED"  'https://my_jenkins_instance.com/crumbIssuer/api/xml?xpath=concat(//crumbRequestField,":",//crumb)' `

# Execute a job without parameters
curl -k -sS --cookie ./cookie -H $CRUMB 'https://my_jenkins_instance.com/job/test/build' -X POST  --user $CRED  

# Execute a job with parameters 
curl -k -sS --cookie ./cookie -H $CRUMB 'https://my_jenkins_instance.com/job/test2/buildWithParameters' -X POST --data "key=value"  --user $CRED