Can we trigger concourse job with HTTP request?

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I would like to configure my slack outgoing webhook such that it can trigger concourse job over http. Is there a way that we can trigger concourse jobs via http requests instead of manually clicking on job from web UI?

Possible duplicate of [Concourse: Trigger a job with a HTTP request](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41823945/concourse-trigger-a-job-with-a-http-request) — danilopopeye, May 29 '18 at 14:45

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 14 '18 at 12:28

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concourse has a feature where you can trigger pipelines via HTTP if you use a webhook token

https://concourse-ci.org/resources.html#resource-webhook-token

answered Sep 14 '18 at 12:28

Scott Schulthess

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:18

Yes, you can apparently trigger a concourse job via HTTP request as pointed out in this answer on Stackoverflow.

However you would need to implement an intermediary script (or Slack app) that receives the request from Slack and then triggers the concourse job accordingly. That would not work with a simple outgoing webhooks.

Also please note that Outgoing Webhooks are now outdated. Better use either a custom bot (based on Events API or RTM API) or a slash command to trigger them. The former is more flexible and powerful, the latter more easy to implement. I would advise to look into all mentioned concepts to see which bets fits your requirements.

Can we trigger concourse job with HTTP request?

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