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Summary
The addTask action can be used to add arbitrary tasks to a job. However, you must know the parameter fields that each task uses and needs. Normally, the task provider doesn't document this. However, they can be discovered. We have documented some examples already - see Examples for AddTask Actionaction. If the task you want is not already documented, then you need to discover the fields needed. There are 2 ways to discover these fields.
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| In Chrome, to to View → Developer → Developer Tools → Network tab | Or similar tool that captures interactions between your browser and the server. | | Go to the UI to add a task manually |
| | Either add or update a task that you want to automate |
| | Save the task | Try to fill in or select most fields you are interested in so they will show up as being set. | | Look for a POST and a line under that contains fields and values looking like your task input | Look for field names that match fields on the screen. There are lots of other fields that should be ignored. Example: selectedRepository_0=defaultRepository&cleanCheckout=true | | Add the fields to the addTask action using the various field parameters | Example: --field "myfield=myvalue" or similarly with field1, value1, etc ... |
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