How to get Jenkins build job duration

Question

Is it possible to get Jenkins build duration using scripts or using some inbuilt functionality. I tried with ${BUILD_DURATION} but it didn't work.

Build duration displayed in Jenkins UI

Can anyone please suggest?

I am not sure but maybe this same help - [stackoverflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40022313/how-to-display-the-time-it-took-to-run-a-build-in-jenkins) — Abhinay Gupta, Jan 15 '20 at 05:32

score 12 · Answer 1 · edited Aug 13 '18 at 13:51

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Here are a couple of options:

RESTFUL API

Use a language of your choice to consume Jenkins Restful API to get the json for the build and deserialise.

DECLARATIVE PIPELINE

Use ${currentBuild.durationString}.

The currentBuild object exposes a number of relevant attributes:

timeInMillis: 
    time since the epoch when the build was scheduled

startTimeInMillis
    time since the epoch when the build started running

duration
    duration of the build in milliseconds

durationString
    a human-readable representation of the build duration

Navigate to https://<your-jenkins-instance>/pipeline-syntax/globals#currentBuild for the complete list.

edited Aug 13 '18 at 13:51

mkobit

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answered Aug 13 '18 at 02:34

Andrew Gray

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could you please elaborate on Restful API? I was looking for freestyle DSL jobs – Siddarth Aug 13 '18 at 05:03
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Many pages in Jenkins expose json if you append /api/json. It is up to you to programmatically hit the appropriate endpoint and, consume and deserialise the json. – Andrew Gray Aug 13 '18 at 05:37
Hi @Siddarth, Would appreciate if you could accept this answer. Let me know if you need anymore info. – Andrew Gray Aug 14 '18 at 01:32
could you please provide any reference page? – Siddarth Aug 14 '18 at 05:30
almost any page in Jenkins just add /api/json – Andrew Gray Aug 14 '18 at 05:35
i tried getting the duration with json API in a post build task action like this "duration=$(curl -g -u login:token--silent "$BUILD_URL/api/json?pretty=true&tree=duration" | jq -r '.duration')" but i always get 0 – Youssef Boudaya Aug 16 '21 at 09:24

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 13 '20 at 13:48

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I am Jenkins beginner & below Groovy script is an easy approach;

def item = Jenkins.instance.getItem("<Job_name>")

def last_job_duration = item.getLastBuild().getDurationString()

println last_job_duration

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Jared Forth

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answered Jul 13 '20 at 12:37

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i tried getting the duration with json API in a post build task action like this "duration=$(curl -g -u login:token--silent "$BUILD_URL/api/json?pretty=true&tree=duration" | jq -r '.duration')" but i always get 0 – Youssef Boudaya Aug 16 '21 at 09:24

How to get Jenkins build job duration

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