How to execute grovvy script remotely on Jenkins server?

A Jenkins Admin can execute groovy scripts remotely by sending an HTTP POST request to /script/ url or /scriptText/.

curl example via bash

[code]
curl -d “script=<your_script_here>” https://jenkins/script
# or to get output as a plain text result (no HTML)
curl -d “script=<your_script_here>” https://jenkins/scriptText
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curl submitting groovy file via bash

[code]
curl –data-urlencode “script=$(< ./somescript.groovy)” https://jenkins/scriptText
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curl submitting groovy file providing username and password via bash

[code]
curl –user ‘username:password’ –data-urlencode “script=$(< ./somescript.groovy)” https://jenkins/scriptText
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Jenkins CLI offers the possibility to execute groovy scripts remotely using groovy command or execute groovy interactivelly via groovysh.

[code]
java -jar jenkins-cli.jar -noCertificateCheck -s https://10.0.0.91/ groovy disableEnableJobsMatchingPattern.groovy jobPattern=build_git_auto disableOrEnable=disable –username 12345 –password banana
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Reference
https://wiki.jenkins.io/display/JENKINS/Jenkins+Script+Console

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