Triggers
There are a few great tricks for triggering and scheduling builds in the following snippets!
Skip Builds
By default, CircleCI automatically builds a project whenever you push changes to a version control system (VCS). You can override this behavior by adding a [ci skip] or [skip ci] tag anywhere in a commit’s title or description.
Trigger a Job Using curl and Your API Token
curl -u ${CIRCLE_API_USER_TOKEN}: \
-d build_parameters[CIRCLE_JOB]=deploy_docker \
https://circleci.com/api/v1.1/project/<vcs-type>/<org>/<repo>/tree/<branch>
Scheduled Builds
workflows:
version: 2
commit:
jobs:
- test
- deploy
nightly:
triggers: #use the triggers key to indicate a scheduled build
- schedule:
cron: "0 0 * * *" # use cron syntax to set the schedule
filters:
branches:
only:
- master
- beta
jobs:
- coverage
Manual Approval
workflows:
version: 2
build-test-and-approval-deploy:
jobs:
- build
- test1:
requires:
- build
- test2:
requires:
- test1
- hold:
type: approval # requires that an in-app button be clicked by an appropriate member of the project to continue.
requires:
- test2
- deploy:
requires:
- hold