Determine if given job is currently running using Hudson/Jenkins API

Question

Is there an API to determine whether a given job is currently running or not?

Ideally, I\'d also like to be able to determine its estimated % complete and get the de

Answer 1

If you go to your job's page, and add "api" to the end of the URL, you'll get information on using the API.

http://yourjenkins/job/job_name/api

More information on using the Jenkins API:

https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Remote+access+API