Codacy

Codacy is an automated code analysis/quality tool that helps developers to ship better software in a faster manner.

Prerequisite: Make sure you have set up an account in Codacy or get the API keys from an admin.

1. On the Edit build pipeline page, select the Pre-Build Stage (or Post-Build Stage).

2. Click + Add task.

3. Select Codacy from PRESET PLUGINS and configure it.

   1. Enter a relevant name in the Task name field. It is a mandatory field.

   2. Enter a descriptive message for the task in the Description field. It is an optional field.

   3. Provide a value for the input variable.
      Note: The value may be any of the values from the previous build stages, a global variable, or a custom value.

      Variable	Format	Description
      CodacyEndpoint	String	API endpoint for Codacy
      GitProvider	String	Git provider for the scanning
      CodacyApiToken	String	API token for Codacy. If it is provided, it will be used; otherwise it will be picked from the Global secret (CODACY_API_TOKEN).
      Organisation	String	Your Organization for Codacy
      RepoName	String	Your Repository name
      Branch	String	Your branch name

   4. Trigger/Skip Condition refers to a conditional statement to execute or skip the task. You can select either:

      • Set trigger conditions or
      • Set skip conditions

   5. Pass/Failure Condition refers to conditions to execute a pass or fail of your build. You can select either:

      • Set pass conditions or
      • Set failure conditions

4. Click Update Pipeline.

5. Go to the Build & Deploy, click the build pipeline and start your build.

6. Click Details on the build pipeline, and you can view the details on the Logs.