On Maven2, how may I call an URL at the end of a (failed or successful) build?

Question

I've build a small AppeEngine application which displays a green or red screen according to an URL call (/pass or /fail). That page is refreshed every minute.

The idea is to use a spare computer to display that build status page and set a continuous integration tool (TeamCity in my case) which will call the /pass or /fail URL at the end of each maven 2 build.

So, how am I able to make maven 2 call an URL at the end of a build (/pass or /fail)?

I'm thinking about a Maven 2 plugin but is it possible for a plugin to be called at the end of the build (and get the build status)?

Answer 1

The status monitor plugin from Hudson does exactly what you want. It can even monitor multiple jobs instead of just one.

Answer 2

You could use antrun from maven in the "install" phase to check for the presence or absence of a file and then execute httpclient (or the equivalent) based on that. Or you could write a wrapper that calls maven and then calls curl.

Answer 3

I think another way is to build a custom notifier for TeamCity, like the Nabaztag Notifier.

Update: Ok, I just began a custom TeamCity notifier on google code : buildstatusnotifier. It's so simple to build... :)

Here's the main class, WebNotifier.