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authorChristian Godenschwager <christian.godenschwager@fau.de>2017-02-02 13:54:07 +0000
committerChristian Godenschwager <christian.godenschwager@fau.de>2017-02-20 17:24:26 +0100
commit9f14acfb767180afe79c2a7dc37543d2aa5a3063 (patch)
treecbd09d4d163b0b39d271b99f51e92e86ccb8072b
parent7c57e0994cf90981c4c20cc0cde20cb49ec5d11d (diff)
downloadgitlab-ce-9f14acfb767180afe79c2a7dc37543d2aa5a3063.tar.gz
Added documentation for permalinks to most recent build artifacts
- Documented how to download single files from most recent artifacts - Documented how to browse most recent artifacts
-rw-r--r--changelogs/unreleased/artifactsdoc.yml4
-rw-r--r--doc/user/project/pipelines/job_artifacts.md31
2 files changed, 32 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/artifactsdoc.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/artifactsdoc.yml
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+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/artifactsdoc.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+title: Added documentation for permalinks to most recent build artifacts.
+merge_request: 8934
+author: Christian Godenschwager
diff --git a/doc/user/project/pipelines/job_artifacts.md b/doc/user/project/pipelines/job_artifacts.md
index f85f4bf8e1e..5ce99843301 100644
--- a/doc/user/project/pipelines/job_artifacts.md
+++ b/doc/user/project/pipelines/job_artifacts.md
@@ -90,18 +90,43 @@ inside GitLab that make that possible.
It is possible to download the latest artifacts of a job via a well known URL
so you can use it for scripting purposes.
-The structure of the URL is the following:
+The structure of the URL to download the whole artifacts archive is the following:
```
https://example.com/<namespace>/<project>/builds/artifacts/<ref>/download?job=<job_name>
```
-For example, to download the latest artifacts of the job named `rspec 6 20` of
+To download a single file from the artifacts use the following URL:
+
+```
+https://example.com/<namespace>/<project>/builds/artifacts/<ref>/file/<path_to_file>?job=<job_name>
+```
+
+For example, to download the latest artifacts of the job named `coverage` of
the `master` branch of the `gitlab-ce` project that belongs to the `gitlab-org`
namespace, the URL would be:
```
-https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/builds/artifacts/master/download?job=rspec+6+20
+https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/builds/artifacts/master/download?job=coverage
+```
+
+To download the file `coverage/index.html` from the same
+artifacts use the following URL:
+
+```
+https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/builds/artifacts/master/file/coverage/index.html?job=coverage
+```
+
+There is also a URL to browse the latest job artifacts:
+
+```
+https://example.com/<namespace>/<project>/builds/artifacts/<ref>/browse?job=<job_name>
+```
+
+For example:
+
+```
+https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/builds/artifacts/master/browse?job=coverage
```
The latest builds are also exposed in the UI in various places. Specifically,