Return a map/value from a step in a pipeline build

[Lakshmi Narasimhan Vaikuntam]

Hello Jenkins devs,

Is it possible to get back a return value from a pipeline step? I am looking for a map similar to  checkout step https://issues.jenkins.io/browse/JENKINS-26100.

Currently, I am exporting the values I need to get back from the step to the environment using an EnvironmentContributingAction.

Thanks in advance for your help.

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[Victor Martinez]

Hey,

You can use the groovy.transform.Field with a global variable in the pipeline, for instance, the below snippet set the value of myStep in the variable myStepData which it's consumed later on in another stage

import groovy.transform.Field
@Field def myStepData = [:]

pipeline {

    ...

    stage('producer') {

        ...

        steps {

            script {

               // myStep returns a map with values

               myStepData = myStep(....)

               ...

            }

         }

     }

     ....
    stage('consumer') {

        ...

        steps {

            script {

               // where <field> is one of the entries

               if (myStepData?.<field>?.equals('acme'))) {

          

               }

            }

         }

     }

}

Cheers

On Thursday, 12 November 2020 at 05:08:37 UTC Lakshmi Narasimhan wrote:

Hello Jenkins devs,

Is it possible to get back a return value from a pipeline step? I am looking for a map similar to  checkout step https://issues.jenkins.io/browse/JENKINS-26100.

Currently, I am exporting the values I need to get back from the step to the environment using an EnvironmentContributingAction.

Thanks in advance for your help.

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[Lakshmi Narasimhan Vaikuntam]

Hi Victor, 

Thanks for the tip. 

My issue is that the step does not return a map or any value. I am referring to the  "step" metastep. Unlike the "checkout" metastep that returns a map (see  https://issues.jenkins.io/browse/JENKINS-26100), step does not return a value. For instance, this is not possible  or even it is possible, I don't know how I can send back the data from MyStepClass

def vars = step ([$class: "MyStepClass"...] 

But the following is possible because the checkout metastep can get back a map if MySCMClass overrides #buildEnvironment

def vars = checkout ([$class: "MySCMClass"...]   

I am trying to figure out if I can make "MyStepClass" return a map somehow. The workaround is to contribute an action that in turn exports the name-value pairs to the build environment. I can then access it in the script using the env object.

On Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 4:11:32 PM UTC+5:30 [hidden email] wrote:

Hey,

You can use the groovy.transform.Field with a global variable in the pipeline, for instance, the below snippet set the value of myStep in the variable myStepData which it's consumed later on in another stage

import groovy.transform.Field
@Field def myStepData = [:]

pipeline {

    ...

    stage('producer') {

        ...

        steps {

            script {

               // myStep returns a map with values

               myStepData = myStep(....)

               ...

            }

         }

     }

     ....
    stage('consumer') {

        ...

        steps {

            script {

               // where <field> is one of the entries

               if (myStepData?.<field>?.equals('acme'))) {

          

               }

            }

         }

     }

}

Cheers

On Thursday, 12 November 2020 at 05:08:37 UTC Lakshmi Narasimhan wrote:

Hello Jenkins devs,

Is it possible to get back a return value from a pipeline step? I am looking for a map similar to  checkout step https://issues.jenkins.io/browse/JENKINS-26100.

Currently, I am exporting the values I need to get back from the step to the environment using an EnvironmentContributingAction.

Thanks in advance for your help.

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[Jesse Glick-4]

On Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 6:08 AM Lakshmi Narasimhan
<[hidden email]> wrote:
> My issue is that the step does not return a map or any value. I am referring to the  "step" metastep.

No, you cannot return values if you use `SimpleBuildStep`. You can
extend `Step` directly (Pipeline-specific). But it may be better to
extend `SimpleBuildWrapper` and define environment variables within
its block; this will work in freestyle, Scripted Pipeline, _and_
Declarative Pipeline (without `script` blocks).

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