Is it possible to pass variable values to the REST endpoint for Release Management in VSTS? E.g. Calling PUT https://tfs.vsrm.visualstudio.com/defaultcollection/{project}/_apis/release/releases/30?api-version=3.0-preview.4 with the request of:
{
"id": 30,
"name": "Release-3",
"variables": {
"VariableName": {
"value": "testing123"
}
}
}
I somehow managed to get it to work if I call POST https://k2tfs.vsrm.visualstudio.com/density/_apis/release/releases/?api-version=3.0-preview.4 then take that response and use it in the request above. Is this the only way?
There isn’t the way to change variable value when create a new release.
Regarding your way, it modifies the created release variable value, the changed value can be used when deploy the release.
Another way is that, you can create a draft release,
Post:
https://[account].vsrm.visualstudio.com/[project]/_apis/release/releases/?api-version=3.0-preview.4
application/json:
{
"definitionId": [release definition id],
"isDraft":true
}
then update variables’ value (as you said)
after that, you can start the release by Modifying the status of a release (active)
{
"status": "Active"
}
Now you can define VSTS Release variables to be "Settable at release time". Then passing variable values at the time of creating a release is possible in VSTS REST API. You can do same when you try to Create a release in VSTS WEB UI as well. for more information refer this answer here.
