Create SSH command via API (templates)

This method allows you to add a new SSH command to an existing template.

URL

/templates/<permalink>/commands

• Replace <permalink> with the permalink of your template.

HTTP Method

POST

Supported Parameters

• description - The description of the command (required)
• command - The actual command (required)
• cback - When the command should be run (required)
  • before_changes - Before changes have been uploaded
  • after_changes - After changes have been uploaded
• timing - Run on one of the following (required)
  • all - All deployments
  • first - Only on the first deployment to the server
  • after_first - Only after the first deployment to the server
• halt_on_error - If DeployHQ should halt a deployment if a command fails to run (optional)
• timeout - A timeout for how long the SSH command should be run (required), the following options are permitted and must be provided as an integer as a number of seconds
  • 300 - 300 seconds (5 minutes)
  • 1800 - 1800 seconds (30 minutes)
  • 3600 - 3600 seconds (1 hour)
  • 5400 - 5400 seconds (90 minutes)

Example cURL Request

curl -H "Content-type: application/json" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
--user adam@atechmedia.com:my-api-key \
-X POST \
-d '{ \
  "command" : { \
    "description": "Test command", \
    "command" : "echo test;", \
    "timing" : "all", \
    "timeout" : 300, \
    "cback" : "after_changes" \
  } \
}' \
https://atech.deployhq.com/templates/api-created/commands

Example response

{
  "identifier":"5ed08994-2b93-4901-bba5-d55f1dd1c51b",
  "cback":"after_changes",
  "position":2,
  "description":"Test command",
  "command":"echo test;",
  "halt_on_error":false,
  "servers":[],
  "timing":"all",
  "timeout":300
}