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Method: googleapis.cloudbuild.v1.projects.builds.create
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Starts a build with the specified configuration. This method returns a
long-running Operation
, which includes the build ID. Pass the build ID
to GetBuild
to determine the build status (such as SUCCESS
or
FAILURE
).
This method waits—the workflow execution is paused—until the operation is
complete, fails, or times out. The default timeout value is 1800
seconds (30
minutes) and can be changed to a maximum value of 31536000
seconds (one year)
for long-running operations using the connector_params
field.
The connector uses polling to monitor the long-running operation, which might
generate additional billable steps. The polling policy for the long-running
operation can be configured. For example, if you set skip_polling
to True
,
the connector invocation call is non-blocking if the initial request succeeds;
otherwise, retries might occur.
For more information about connector-specific parameters (connector_params
),
see Invoke a connector call .
For more information about retries and long-running operations, see
Understand connectors .
Cloud Build supports regional builds in private pools and default pools. For
more information, see
Selecting the region .
Arguments
Parameters
projectId
string
Required. ID of the project.
parent
string
The parent resource where this build will be created. Format: projects/{project}/locations/{location}
body
object (Build )
Required.
Raised exceptions
Exceptions
ConnectionError
In case of a network problem (such as DNS failure or refused connection).
HttpError
If the response status is >= 400 (excluding 429 and 503).
TimeoutError
If a long-running operation takes longer to finish than the specified timeout limit.
TypeError
If an operation or function receives an argument of the wrong type.
ValueError
If an operation or function receives an argument of the right type but an inappropriate value. For example, a negative timeout.
OperationError
If the long-running operation finished unsuccessfully.
ResponseTypeError
If the long-running operation returned a response of the wrong type.
Response
If successful, the response contains an instance of Operation
.
Subworkflow snippet
Some fields might be optional or required.
To identify required fields, refer to the API documentation .
YAML
- create :
call : googleapis.cloudbuild.v1.projects.builds.create
args :
projectId : ...
parent : ...
body :
artifacts :
images : ...
objects :
location : ...
paths : ...
availableSecrets :
inline : ...
secretManager : ...
images : ...
logsBucket : ...
options :
diskSizeGb : ...
dynamicSubstitutions : ...
env : ...
logStreamingOption : ...
logging : ...
machineType : ...
pool :
name : ...
requestedVerifyOption : ...
secretEnv : ...
sourceProvenanceHash : ...
substitutionOption : ...
volumes : ...
workerPool : ...
queueTtl : ...
secrets : ...
serviceAccount : ...
source :
repoSource :
branchName : ...
commitSha : ...
dir : ...
invertRegex : ...
projectId : ...
repoName : ...
substitutions : ...
tagName : ...
storageSource :
bucket : ...
generation : ...
object : ...
storageSourceManifest :
bucket : ...
generation : ...
object : ...
steps : ...
substitutions : ...
tags : ...
timeout : ...
result : createResult
JSON
[
{
"create" : {
"call" : "googleapis.cloudbuild.v1.projects.builds.create" ,
"args" : {
"projectId" : "..." ,
"parent" : "..." ,
"body" : {
"artifacts" : {
"images" : "..." ,
"objects" : {
"location" : "..." ,
"paths" : "..."
}
},
"availableSecrets" : {
"inline" : "..." ,
"secretManager" : "..."
},
"images" : "..." ,
"logsBucket" : "..." ,
"options" : {
"diskSizeGb" : "..." ,
"dynamicSubstitutions" : "..." ,
"env" : "..." ,
"logStreamingOption" : "..." ,
"logging" : "..." ,
"machineType" : "..." ,
"pool" : {
"name" : "..."
},
"requestedVerifyOption" : "..." ,
"secretEnv" : "..." ,
"sourceProvenanceHash" : "..." ,
"substitutionOption" : "..." ,
"volumes" : "..." ,
"workerPool" : "..."
},
"queueTtl" : "..." ,
"secrets" : "..." ,
"serviceAccount" : "..." ,
"source" : {
"repoSource" : {
"branchName" : "..." ,
"commitSha" : "..." ,
"dir" : "..." ,
"invertRegex" : "..." ,
"projectId" : "..." ,
"repoName" : "..." ,
"substitutions" : "..." ,
"tagName" : "..."
},
"storageSource" : {
"bucket" : "..." ,
"generation" : "..." ,
"object" : "..."
},
"storageSourceManifest" : {
"bucket" : "..." ,
"generation" : "..." ,
"object" : "..."
}
},
"steps" : "..." ,
"substitutions" : "..." ,
"tags" : "..." ,
"timeout" : "..."
}
},
"result" : "createResult"
}
}
]
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