How to exchange data between bamboo task and a microservice

Question

I want to send a file from Atlasssian Bamboo task to a microservice hosted online.

My microservice will process the file and send back some metrics to bamboo task which invoked it.

1) How exactly can i send my file from bamboo task to a URL. (I can create a microservice which accepts post with a payload.)

2) How can we send back the data from microservice to the same Bamboo task.

3) Will the bamboo task wait till it receives data back from the microservice?

I want a general direction how can we achieve this.

Answer 1

This is achievable but will require either third party plugins or some heavy scripting.

You can create a script file that:

1. Sends a build artifact or file to the URL.
2. Reads a response from the URL.
3. Blocks until this is accomplished.

The script file can be a Powershell script, Python script, or really anything that does the above. I would strongly recommend looking for any third party plugins that do some or all of what you are trying to accomplish though.