Calling a Jenkins build from outside of Jenkins?

Question

I am new to Jenkins, and I\'m not sure if this is possible, but I would like to set up a web interface where somebody could click \"Start Job\" and this will tell Jenkins to

Answer 1

Jenkins has support for parameterized build as well.

So, if you want to pass parameters for configurable build generation, you can pass them by posting it while invoking Jenkins build request with http://YOURHOST/jenkins/job/PROJECTNAME/buildWithParameters.