Jenkins trigger, create and remove jobs and folders

jenkins-api-examples

# check if job exists
curl -XGET 'http://jenkins/checkJobName?value=yourJobFolderName' --user user.name:YourAPIToken

# with folder plugin
curl -s -XPOST 'http://jenkins/job/FolderName/createItem?name=yourJobName' --data-binary @config.xml -H "Content-Type:text/xml" --user user.name:YourAPIToken

# without folder plugin
curl -s -XPOST 'http://jenkins/createItem?name=yourJobName' --data-binary @config.xml -H "Content-Type:text/xml" --user user.name:YourAPIToken

# create folder
curl -XPOST 'http://jenkins/createItem?name=FolderName&mode=com.cloudbees.hudson.plugins.folder.Folder&from=&json=%7B%22name%22%3A%22FolderName%22%2C%22mode%22%3A%22com.cloudbees.hudson.plugins.folder.Folder%22%2C%22from%22%3A%22%22%2C%22Submit%22%3A%22OK%22%7D&Submit=OK' --user 'user.name:YourAPIToken' -H "Content-Type:application/x-www-form-urlencoded"

# remove folder / job
curl -XPOST 'http://jenkins/job/FolderName/doDelete' --user 'user.name:YourAPIToken'

# trigger remote job
curl 'http://jenkins/job/yourJobName/build?delay=0sec' --user 'user.name:YourAPIToken'

Once you create an item (job) you should be able to overwrite the config.xml file aftwards:

I believe this call will work:

curl -s -XPOST 'http://jenkins/job/FolderName/ProjectName/config.xml' --data-binary @config.xml -H "Content-Type:text/xml" --user user.name:YourAPIToken

or

curl -s -XPUT 'http://jenkins/job/FolderName/ProjectName/config.xml' --data-binary @config.xml -H "Content-Type:text/xml" --user user.name:YourAPIToken