Add async option

action.yml

@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ inputs:
     description: 'Jenkins job timeout period. Default 30 seconds'
     required: false
     default: '30'
+  async:
+    description: 'Set to true if you want to just trigger the job without waiting for it to finish'
+    required: false
+    default: false
+outputs:
+  jenkins_job_url:
+    description: 'URL to the job details'
 runs:
   using: 'docker'
   image: 'Dockerfile'

jenkins/job_client.rb

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 module Jenkins
   class JobClient
 
-    attr_reader :jenkins_url, :jenkins_user, :jenkins_token, :job_name, :job_params, :job_timeout
+    attr_reader :async_mode, :jenkins_url, :jenkins_user, :jenkins_token, :job_name, :job_params, :job_timeout
 
     DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 30
     INTERVAL_SECONDS = 10
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ def initialize(args)
       @jenkins_user = args['INPUT_JENKINS_USER']
       @jenkins_token = args['INPUT_JENKINS_TOKEN']
       @job_name = args['INPUT_JOB_NAME']
+      @async_mode = args['INPUT_ASYNC']
       @job_params = JSON.parse(args['INPUT_JOB_PARAMS'])
       @job_timeout = args['INPUT_JOB_TIMEOUT'] || DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
     end
@@ -21,7 +22,11 @@ def call
       crumb = get_crumb
       queue_item_location = queue_job(crumb, job_name, job_params)
       job_run_url = get_job_run_url(queue_item_location, job_timeout)
+      puts "::set-output name=jenkins_job_url::#{job_run_url}"
       puts "Job run URL: #{job_run_url}"
+
+      exit(0) if @async_mode
+
       job_progress(job_run_url, job_timeout)
       exit(0)
     end