This repository contains the code of a Tfs build task that allows to call a REST webservice from a build or a release definition.

This build task allows to call a rest service using the TFS GUI to parameterize the call.

It is available on the Visual Studio Team Services marketplace : https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=CdiscountAlm.rest-call-build-task

Use Visual studio code to work on this extension

1. Execute the following command to install vscode:

   choco install visualstudiocode
   

2. clone this repository:

   cd <myParentGitFolder>
   git clone https://github.com/Cdiscount/vsts-buildtask-restcall.git
   cd vsts-buildtask-restcall
   

3. Retrieve the npm package to allow compilation under vscode:

   cd restCallBuildTask
   npm update
   

4. Start vscode, you can use the following command:

   code .
   

5. Then in vscode [CTRL+SHIFT+B] should compile without error.

• note: if it doesn't compile correctly, verify that you do not have a path to a bad typescript version (remove path like "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\TypeScript\1.0; " from your PATH (system&user) environment variables).

Create the extension

1. If you update the task/extension (not needed on creation) : increment the version number in the task.json file.
2. If you update the task/extension (not needed on creation) : increment the version number in the vss-extension.json file.
3. use the tfx framework, in the root folder of the git repository (where the file vss-extension.json is located), execute:

   tfx extension create