How to pass argumets to RunDeck Run API - rundeck

Question

I want to run a rundeck job using the run API. Would like to pass few parameters as well to the runDeck job during the run time.
Do I need to configure the job to accept parameters?
How to pass parameters to run API?
Thanks in advance
Regards
SJ

Answer 1

Option 1: In absence of tokens, first login to get cookie
curl \
-D - \
-X POST \
-H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" \
-H "Cache-Control: no-cache" \
-d "j_username=${RD_USER}&j_password=${RD_PASSWORD}" \
--cookie-jar rd_cookie \
"${RD_URL}/j_security_check"
Then, use the cookie received from successful login for subsequent transactions
curl \
-D - \
-X "POST" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d "{\"argString\":\"-arg1 val1 -arg2 val2 -arg3 val-3 -arg4 val4 \"}" \
--cookie "#rd_cookie" \
"${RD_URL}/api/16/job/${RD_JOB_ID}/executions"
Option 2: With a token, it's simpler
curl \
-D - \
-X "POST" -H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-Rundeck-Auth-Token: ${RD_TOKEN}" \
-d "{\"argString\":\"-arg1 val1 -arg2 val2 -arg3 val-3 -arg4 val4 \"}" \
"${RD_URL}/api/16/job/${RD_JOB_ID}/executions"

Answer 2

The API documentation for Rundeck describes how to run a job:
http://rundeck.org/docs/api/#running-a-job
Yes you need to create a parametrized job and pass in arguments as part of the API call. This could be considered a security measure only expected parameters can be accepted.