Metadata

The Metadata plugin module enables the ability to add metadata to the projects that can be exposed to job environment.

Requires the Jenkins Metadata Plugin.

Component: metadata
Macro

metadata

Entry Point

jenkins_jobs.metadata

Example:

metadata:
  - string:
      name: FOO
      value: bar
      expose-to-env: true
class metadata.Metadata(registry)
gen_xml(xml_parent, data)

Update the XML element tree based on YAML data. Override this method to add elements to the XML output. Create new Element objects and add them to the xml_parent. The YAML data structure must not be modified.

Parameters
  • parser (YAMLParser) – the global YAML Parser

  • xml_parent (Element) – the parent XML element

  • data (dict) – the YAML data structure

date()

A date metadata

Parameters
  • name (str) – the name of the metadata

  • time (str) – time value in millisec since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC

  • timezone (str) – time zone of the metadata

  • expose-to-env (bool) – expose to environment (optional)

Example:

metadata:
  - date:
      name: FOO
      value: 1371708900268
      timezone: Australia/Melbourne
      expose-to-env: true
number()

A number metadata.

Parameters
  • name (str) – the name of the metadata

  • value (str) – the value of the metadata

  • expose-to-env (bool) – expose to environment (optional)

Example:

metadata:
  - number:
      name: FOO
      value: 1
      expose-to-env: true
string()

A string metadata.

Parameters
  • name (str) – the name of the metadata

  • value (str) – the value of the metadata

  • expose-to-env (bool) – expose to environment (optional)

Example:

metadata:
  - string:
      name: FOO
      value: bar
      expose-to-env: true