Is there a attribute or set of attributes in Azure SDK for .NET to determine if pipeline is classic or using YAML

Question

Is there a attribute or set of attributes in Azure SDK for .NET to determine if a pipeline in Azure DevOps is using classic architecture or using YAML?

Answer 1

You can use the .NET client libraries for Azure DevOps.

you need to install the following NuGet packages with the latest stable versions in your project:

• Microsoft.TeamFoundationServer.Client
• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.Client
• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.InteractiveClient

And below is a sample of the C# code as reference.

using Microsoft.Azure.Pipelines.WebApi;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.Common;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.WebApi;

. . .

public static void getPipeline(string orgName, string projName, int pipID, string pat)
{
    try {
        var orgUrl = new Uri($"https://dev.azure.com/{orgName}");
        VssConnection connection = new VssConnection(orgUrl, new VssBasicCredential(string.Empty, pat));
        PipelinesHttpClient pipClient = connection.GetClient<PipelinesHttpClient>();

        var get_pipe = pipClient.GetPipelineAsync(projName, pipID).Result;
        var type = get_pipe.Configuration.Type.ToString();
        Console.Write($"The type of pipeline {pipID} is {type}.");
    }
    catch(Exception ex) { 
        Console.Write(ex.ToString());
    }
}

When the pipeline is a YAML pipeline, the returned value of type is 'yaml' (or 'Yaml'). Otherwise, it is not a YAML pipeline.

If classic build pipeline, the type value should be 'designerJson'.

The corresponding REST API is "Pipelines - Get".

---