Run a remote Jenkins job and wait for a response

gistfile1.py

import jenkins
import time

JOB_NAME = 'job_name'
URL = 'http://jenkins_url'
TIMEOUT = 120
SLEEP = 5

def get_job_info(j):
	return j.get_job_info(JOB_NAME)

def exit_if_job_running(job_info):
	print job_info
	if "queueItem" in job_info and job_info['queueItem'] != None:
		print "A job is already running"
		exit(-1)
		
def get_last_build_number(j):
	info = get_job_info(j)
	if not info:
		return 0
	else:
		return info['lastBuild']['number'] + 1
		
def wait_for_job(j, build_number, timeout):
	timeout += 1
	if timeout > TIMEOUT:
		return None	
		
	try:
		build_info = j.get_build_info(JOB_NAME,build_number)
		if build_info['building']:
			time.sleep(SLEEP)
			return wait_for_job(j,build_number,timeout)
		return build_info
	except jenkins.JenkinsException:
		time.sleep(SLEEP)
		return wait_for_job(j,build_number,timeout)
	
j = jenkins.Jenkins(URL, '', '')
build_number = get_last_build_number(j)

print "> RUNNING BUILD #%s ON %s%s" % (build_number,URL,JOB_NAME)
j.build_job(JOB_NAME)
build_info = wait_for_job(j,build_number,0)

if build_info and build_info['result'] == 'FAILURE':
	print "Build failed"
	print build_info
	exit(-1)
elif not build_info:
	print "Build timeout"
	exit(-1)
else:
	print "Build success!"
	print build_info
	exit(0)