I am using TeamCity to build and deploy files onto a IIS website using Web Deploy 3.
I would like to add a step to call a url when done so that the custom cache can be refreshed when the deployment is finished.
Is there a way I can add a build step to call a url?
Thanks
I would solve this using a command line script that hits the url, and one of TeamCity's command line runners.
The question is tagged asp.net so I assume you're on Windows. Put this Get-WebFile script in a Powershell Build Runner. Then call Get-WebFile "http://yourwebapp.net/" at the bottom.
An even simpler method would be the same Powershell buildrunner step, but just use:
(New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString("http://yourwebapp.net");.
No dependencies on other scripts, just native Powershell. Anything wrong with that?
A newer, cleaner, just-as-simple method would be also using Powershell:
wget "http://yourwebapp.net"
wget is an alias for Invoke-WebRequest, supporting more options like settings the request timeout.
Full docs: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.utility/invoke-webrequest?view=powershell-6
NB: On older environments you may want to set -UseBasicParsing to prevent parsing errors.
