az 1.0.0

an Abbot package for Slack by BoxBoat

Performs actions in Azure DevOps.

Abbot is a programmable bot that turns your team chat into a shared command center. We handle all the boilerplate of building and running these conmmands so that you can focus on making tools that help you ship faster.

We built Abbot because we saw the power of this style of work (called ChatOps), when we worked at GitHub. ChatOps made it possible for GitHub to work productively without meetings, while globally distributed. We think it's a pretty great way to work, so we made it easy to use in Slack, Discord, and Microsoft Teams.

You can read more about Abbot here, check out our blog, or take a look at some of the other cool packages available as a one-click install from Abbot's Package Directory.

Secrets

accesstoken - Your personal access token (PAT) from Azure DevOps.

Variables

org - Your organization in Azure DevOps where your pipeline resides.
project - The project in Azure DevOps where your pipeline resides (i.e. must be inside the org).

Additional Configuration

In the SelectPipeline() method, set each case name and the id used inside the case to call the TriggerPipeline(int) method. For example:

    case "<your app name>":
        await TriggerPipeline(<the id of the pipeline that builds this application>);
        break;

If you can't find your pipeline id, navigate to the pipeline in your browser and look at the URL. It should have a query parameter with something like: definitionId=xx.

Known limitations:

This only supports pipelines living in a single org/project currently.

// set your values here
string org = "boxboat"; // your AzDO organization
string project = "demos"; // the project in the org where your pipeline lives

// get a personal access token (PAT) from Azure DevOps
// and place it in your secrets as "accesstoken".
string accesstoken = await Bot.Secrets.GetAsync("accesstoken");
string baseUri = $"https://dev.azure.com/{org}/{project}/_apis/build/builds?api-version=6.0";
string creds = System.Convert.ToBase64String(ASCII.GetBytes($":{accesstoken}"));
Headers headers = new Headers {{"Authorization", "Basic "+ creds}};

// Effectively the starting point of our skill.
var (command, argument) = Bot.Arguments;
await CommandSelector();

/////////////////////////////Supporting Methods/////////////////////////////

// if you want to do more with Azure DevOps, (interact with work items, etc...)
// add more top-level commands here.
public async Task CommandSelector()
{
    switch (command.Value) 
    {
        case "pipeline":
            await SelectPipeline();
            break;
        default:
            await Bot.ReplyAsync("¯\\_(ツ)_/¯ I don't understand that command!");
            break;
    }
}

/////////
// Routes request to the appropriate app pipeline
/////////
public async Task SelectPipeline()
{
    switch (argument.Value) 
    {
        // rename your apps for each case. this is what defines  
        // the app name when calling the skill. (ex. "build app1")
        case "app1":
            // set the pipeline definition id for this app here
            await TriggerPipeline(38);
            break;
        case "app2":
            // await TriggerPipeline(<pipelineId>);
            await Bot.ReplyAsync("You haven't created app2 yet. Chop chop!");
            break;
        default:
            await Bot.ReplyAsync("¯\\_(ツ)_/¯ I don't know that app!");
            break;
    }
}

/////////
// Calls Azure DevOps to trigger the specified pipeline.
/////////
public async Task TriggerPipeline(int pipelineId)
{
    var requestUri = $"{baseUri}&definitionId={pipelineId.ToString()}";
    var response = await Bot.Http.PostJsonAsync(requestUri, "", headers);
    await Bot.ReplyAsync($"Okay, you got it. {argument.Value} has been triggered.");
}

Version	Created	Author	Release Notes	Installs
1.0.0	2/25/2021	justin	Initial Release. Provides the ability to trigger pipelines in Azure DevOps.	2

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Last updated: Thursday, 25 February 2021 14:54
Installs: 2 total installs
Language: CSharp
License: MIT License

?	Display shortcuts
Cmd+K	Display shortcuts when a form input has focus.
t	Jump to skill
ctrl+t	Jump to skill when a form input has focus.
Esc	Dismiss modal. Also used to remove focus from a text input to enable keyboard shortcut.
g m	Go to the My Bot page
g s	Go to the skills list
g p	Go to the package directory
g a	Go to the About page
g d	Go to the Docs site
g l	Go to Activity Log

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