Medium: Function for retrieving the Jenkins Api Token

getJenkinsApiToken.ts

import * as request from 'request';
import * as fs from 'fs';
import * as cheerio from 'cheerio';

/**
 * Retrieve the Jenkins Api Token.
 */
async function getJenkinsApiToken(): Promise<string> {
  return new Promise<string>((resolve, reject) => {
    request(
      {
        method: "POST",
        uri: <JENKINS_CONFIGURE_URL: i.e. http://your-jenkins-url/me/configure>,
        headers: {
          "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
        },
        auth: {
          username: <ACCOUNT_USERNAME>,
          password: <ACCOUNT_PASSWORD>,
        },
        agentOptions: { // Only use if your jenkins has ssl configured
          ca: fs.readFileSync(<PATH_TO_YOUR_CERTIFICATE>)
        }
      },
      (error, httpResponse, body) => {
        if (error) {
          reject(error);
        }
    
        const apiToken = cheerio(body)
          .find("#apiToken")
          .attr('value');

        apiToken ? resolve(apiToken) : reject(new Error('API Token not found'));
      }
    );
  });
}