[email-ext plugin] rooturl is always null

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Hi all,

I’m currently sending an email after some robot tests to give everyone the test results.
In this email, I want to put a link to the runned job, so i can easily go to the concerned job.

I used this line :

<td><A href="${rooturl}${build.url}">${rooturl}${build.url}</A></td>

but I always got something like:
nulljob/cp-robotframework-tests/job/controller/3044/

I have properly set up my Jenkins url in administration :

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yet it is always a null value.

Does anyone has an idea why ? Am I missing some configuration ?

Here is my Jenkins setup:

Jenkins: 2.414.3
OS: Windows 10 - 10.0
Java: 11.0.4 - AdoptOpenJDK (OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM)

Parameterized-Remote-Trigger:3.1.6.3
ace-editor:1.1
active-directory:2.34
ant:475.vf34069fef73c
antisamy-markup-formatter:159.v25b_c67cd35fb_
apache-httpcomponents-client-4-api:4.5.14-208.v438351942757
artifactory:4.0.0
authentication-tokens:1.4
badge:1.9.1
basic-branch-build-strategies:1.3.2
blueocean:1.25.6
blueocean-autofavorite:1.2.5
blueocean-bitbucket-pipeline:1.25.6
blueocean-commons:1.25.6
blueocean-config:1.25.6
blueocean-core-js:1.25.6
blueocean-dashboard:1.25.6
blueocean-display-url:2.4.1
blueocean-events:1.25.6
blueocean-git-pipeline:1.25.6
blueocean-github-pipeline:1.25.6
blueocean-i18n:1.25.6
blueocean-jira:1.25.6
blueocean-jwt:1.25.6
blueocean-personalization:1.25.6
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blueocean-pipeline-editor:1.25.6
blueocean-pipeline-scm-api:1.25.6
blueocean-rest:1.25.6
blueocean-rest-impl:1.25.6
blueocean-web:1.25.6
bootstrap4-api:4.6.0-5
bootstrap5-api:5.3.0-1
bouncycastle-api:2.28
branch-api:2.1071.v1a_188a_562481
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caffeine-api:3.1.8-133.v17b_1ff2e0599
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2

In case you use freestyle jobs then you might want to use ${BUILD_URL} instead of ${rooturl}${build.url}

In pipeline you should use ${currentBuild.absoluteUrl}

3

I’m using a multiple branch pipeline, not a freestyle job, so BUILD_URL doesn’t seem a good solution.

However I tried currentBuild.absoluteUrl, which gives me this error :
Also: org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.actions.ErrorAction$ErrorId: d21a4277-bcf8-44ad-a9b4-7b8becec0dc5 11:55:47 java.lang.IllegalStateException: Root URL isn’t configured yet. Cannot compute absolute URL. 11:55:47 at hudson.model.Item.getAbsoluteUrl(Item.java:204) 11:55:47 at hudson.model.AbstractItem.getAbsoluteUrl(AbstractItem.java:594) 11:55:47 at hudson.model.Run.getAbsoluteUrl(Run.java:1070) 11:55:47 at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.support.steps.build.RunWrapper.getAbsoluteUrl(RunWrapper.java:378) 11:55:47 at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) 11:55:47 at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) 11:55:47 at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) 11:55:47 at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:566) 11:55:47 at org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.CachedMethod.invoke(CachedMethod.java:98) 11:55:47 at groovy.lang.MetaMethod.doMethodInvoke(MetaMethod.java:325) 11:55:47 at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.getProperty(MetaClassImpl.java:1845) 11:55:47 at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.getProperty(MetaClassImpl.java:3773) 11:55:47 at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.InvokerHelper.getProperty(InvokerHelper.java:195) 11:55:47 at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.ScriptBytecodeAdapter.getProperty(ScriptBytecodeAdapter.java:469)
…

Yet my URL seems alright in the configuration…

4

BUILD_URL should also be available in pipeline jobs I just noticed.

But the stacktrace you get indicates that the Jenkins url is not properly set for some reason in the global config. You should check the jenkins logs if there is a message Invalid URL received: <url>, considered as null

5

I don’t have the error you’re talking about, but instead I have this:
Found invalid crumb. If you are calling this URL with a script, please use the API Token instead. More information: https://www.jenkins.io/redirect/crumb-cannot-be-used-for-script

Mar 15, 2024 1:14:04 PM WARNING hudson.security.csrf.CrumbFilter doFilter

Not really sure how it is linked, but I got it only when I use absoluteUrl

In the same time, I’m trying BUILD_URL once more

6

Finally BUILD_URL did the trick.
I just got to get it from env var at the beginning of my template using

import hudson.model.Build
def BUILD_URL = build.getEnvironment(TaskListener.NULL)["BUILD_URL"];

Thanks for your guidelines on where to look !

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Or just env.BUILD_URL.