VSTS Clone Build With Powershell

vsts-clone-build-with-powershell.ps1

Clear-Host
$buildToCloneName = "Build 1"
$newBuildName = "Build 1 - Clone"


$user = "[email protected]"
$accessToken="4df31252fqt...PAT...."
$base64AuthInfo = [Convert]::ToBase64String([Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetBytes(("{0}:{1}" -f $user,$accessToken)))
$env:SYSTEM_TEAMFOUNDATIONCOLLECTIONURI = "https://mycompany.visualstudio.com/"
$env:SYSTEM_TEAMPROJECTID = "MyProject"

"Getting all bulid definitions"
$allSuitesBuildUrl = "$($env:SYSTEM_TEAMFOUNDATIONCOLLECTIONURI)$($env:SYSTEM_TEAMPROJECTID)/_apis/build/definitions?api-version=2.0"
$allSuitedBuilds = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $allSuitesBuildUrl -Headers @{Authorization=("Basic {0}" -f $base64AuthInfo)}


"Builds Found - Finding Match for $buildToCloneName"
$buildWeWant = {}
foreach($buildDetails in $allSuitedBuilds.value)
{
	"Checking Build"
    $buildDetails."name"
        

	if($buildDetails."name" -like $buildToCloneName)
	{
        	$xoutputname = $buildDetails."name"
		"YES! Got Build $xoutputname"
		$buildWeWant = $buildDetails
		break
	}
    	else
    	{
        	"Nope!"
    	}
}

$buildId = $buildWeWant."id"

[int]$buildIdTest = $null
if(![int]::TryParse($buildId, [ref]$buildIdTest))
{
    throw [Exception] "ERROR: NO BUILD ID FOUND"
}


"Getting the exact definition for the build"
# You can see this in the browser using https://mycompany.visualstudio.com/ProjectWhereBuildIs/_apis/build/definitions/{BuildNumber}?api-version=2.0
$thisBuildDefUrl = "$($env:SYSTEM_TEAMFOUNDATIONCOLLECTIONURI)$($env:SYSTEM_TEAMPROJECTID)/_apis/build/definitions/" + $buildId + "?api-version=2.0"
$thisBuildDefUrl
$thisBuildDef = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $thisBuildDefUrl -Headers @{Authorization=("Basic {0}" -f $base64AuthInfo)}

"Assigning a new name"
$thisBuildDef.Name = $newBuildName


"Creating a clone build with name $newBuildName"
$defAsJson = $thisBuildDef | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 100
$newBuildDefUrl = "$($env:SYSTEM_TEAMFOUNDATIONCOLLECTIONURI)$($env:SYSTEM_TEAMPROJECTID)/_apis/build/definitions?api-version=2.0"
$newBuildDef = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $thisBuildDefUrl -Headers @{Authorization=("Basic {0}" -f $base64AuthInfo)} -Method Post -Body $defAsJson -ContentType "application/json" -ErrorAction Stop


$newBuildDefAsJson = $newBuildDef | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 100
$newBuildDefAsJson

"New Build Created"
$newBuildDef.Name