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+
+ Examining Builds Using the Toaster API
+
+
+ Toaster is an Application Programming Interface (API) to the
+ OpenEmbedded build system, which uses BitBake.
+ The interface is a Representational State Transfer (REST) API
+ that queries for and returns build information using
+ GET and JSON.
+
+
+
+ Through the API you can do the following:
+
+ See information about the tasks executed
+ and reused during the build.
+ See what is built (recipes and
+ packages) and what packages were installed into the final
+ image.
+ See performance-related information such
+ as build time, CPU usage, and disk I/O.
+ Examine error, warning and trace messages
+ to aid in debugging.
+
+
+
+
+ In summary, the search operation retrieves a set of objects from
+ a data store used to collect build information.
+ The result contains all the data for the objects being returned.
+ You can order the results of the search by key and the search
+ parameters are consistent for all object types.
+
+
+
+ For complete information on the API and its search operation
+ URI, parameters, and reposes, see the
+ REST API Contracts
+ Wiki page.
+
+
+
+
+
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