Jenkins Groovy: What triggered the build

Question

I was thinking of using a Groovy script for my build job in Jenkins because I have some conditions to check for that might need access to Jenkins API.

Is it possible

Answer 1

I have something similar - I wanted to get the user who triggered the build, this is my code:

for (cause in bld.getCauses()) {
    if (cause instanceof Cause.UserIdCause) {
        return cause.getUserName()
    }
}

(bld is subtype of Run)

So, you can get the causes for your build, and check for their type.

See the different types at Cause javadoc http://javadoc.jenkins-ci.org/hudson/model/Cause.html