Getting build details programmatically using the REST API

In this recipe, you'll learn how to get a list of builds with details in a Team Project using the BuildHttpClient REST APIs.

Getting ready

As alluded to in the chapter introduction, Team Foundation Server 2015 does not yet have OAuth token provisioning capability; for this reason, the only way to consume the REST API is using alternate credentials. Alternate credentials uses basic authentication as the authentication protocol. When using basic authentication, the user credentials are sent to the server in plain text. This type of setup simply isn't acceptable in a professional environment. Follow the instructions at http://bit.ly/1Nfe8e0 to set up a self-signed certificate to configure SSL for TFS. With SSL, the traffic between the client and TFS is encrypted.

If you simply want to play around with the REST API without getting into the complexities of the setup, then API Sandbox is a great place to start: https://apisandbox.msdn.microsoft...