What URL will get the status code (result) of the last Jenkins job?

Question

I am wondering if anyone knows what URL is required (as a GET or POST) that will get the status code (result) of the last Jenkins job (when the build# is not known by the clien

Answer 1

You can use the symbolic descriptor lastBuild:

http://localhost/jenkins/job/<jobName>/lastBuild/api/xml

The result element contains a string describing the outcome of the build.