jenkins_submitDescription.py

    # Update the build description
    @staticmethod
    def update_build_description(base_url, new_description):
        description_data = {
            'description': '<div style="color: red">{}</div>'.format(new_description)
        }
        # This action requires 'anonymous' user to have Jenkins 'Run/Update' permission
        rc = requests.post("{}submitDescription".format(base_url), data=description_data)

    @staticmethod
    def get_build_description(build_url):
        return json.loads(requests.get("{}/api/json?tree=description".format(build_url)).text).get('description', "")