promotesandbox.do

Veracode APIs

If the specified sandbox build scans successfully, the promotesandbox.do call promotes the build to be the policy scan for the application.

Before using this API, Veracode strongly recommends that you read API Usage and Access Guidelines.

Resource URL

https://analysiscenter.veracode.com/api/5.0/promotesandbox.do

Parameters

Name Type Description
build_id

Required

 Integer ID of the latest build for the target sandbox.
delete_on_promote Boolean If true, deletes the sandbox after its promotion. Default is false.

You can identify your build_id by calling getbuildlist.do.

HTTPie Example

Examples use the HTTPie command-line tool. See Using HTTPie with the Python Authentication Library.

http --auth-type=veracode_hmac "https://analysiscenter.veracode.com/api/5.0/promotesandbox.do" "build_id==<build id>"

HTTPie Results

The promotesandbox.do call returns the sandboxinfo XML document, which references the sandboxinfo.xsd schema file. You can use the XSD schema file to validate the XML data. See the sandboxinfo.xsd schema documentation.

In the returned XML, the sandbox_status="policy" attribute indicates that the API successfully promoted the sandbox build.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<sandboxinfo xmlns:xsi="http&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;www.w3.org&#x2f;2001&#x2f;XMLSchema-instance" 
      xmlns="https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;analysiscenter.veracode.com&#x2f;schema&#x2f;4.0&#x2f;sandboxinfo" 
      xsi:schemaLocation="https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;analysiscenter.veracode.com&#x2f;schema&#x2f;4.0&#x2f;sandboxinfo 
      https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;analysiscenter.veracode.com&#x2f;resource&#x2f;4.0&#x2f;sandboxinfo.xsd" sandboxinfo_version="1.2" 
      account_id="<account id>" app_id="<app id>" build_id="<build id>" analysis_id="4978995" analysis_unit_id="4994637">
   <sandbox sandbox_id="<sandbox id>" sandbox_status="policy" owner="<Veracodeusername>" 
         modified_date="2019-09-18T17&#x3a;11&#x3a;45-04&#x3a;00" created_date="2019-09-18T17&#x3a;11&#x3a;45-04&#x3a;00">
      <customfield name="Custom 1" value=""/>
      <customfield name="Custom 2" value=""/>
      <customfield name="Custom 3" value=""/>
      <customfield name="Custom 4" value=""/>
      <customfield name="Custom 5" value=""/>
   </sandbox>
</sandboxinfo>