Get build information from jenkins using rest api

Question

I want to retrieve the build summary for last 3 days from Jenkins using its rest API's and save the result as an XML file, How I can proceed with this?

Solution

You could read full guide in:

http://YOUR_JENKINS:8080/job/YOUR_JOB/api/

The build sumary in XML format:

http://YOUR_JENKINS:8080/job/YOUR_JOB/api/xml

Retrieve the name of the first 10 builds

http://YOUR_JENKINS:8080/job/YOUR_JOB/api/xml?%20tree=jobs[name]{0,10}