NuGet Package Version in Variable?

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Is there a way to get the NuGet Package version into a variable that I can use in a step to send an email out when the deployment is finished? I looked at the existing variables and could not find one that includes the NuGet Package version.

Thanks,
Dean

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Hi Dean; Octopus 2.0 provides the variable “Octopus.Action.Package.NuGetPackageVersion” for each step - you should be able to use it like this in your email template:

We just deployed Foo version #{Octopus.Action[Foo Step].Package.NuGetPackageVersion}

I.e. you should use the step name to index the Action part of the variable.

Let me know if you have any trouble with this.

Cheers,
Nick

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That worked perfectly. That option doesn’t show up in the dropdown, but I just selected “#{Octopus.Action[Foo Step].Package.NuGetPackageId}” and changed “Id” to “Version”.

Thanks for your help.

Dean

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Interesting - thanks for letting us know about the dropdown.

Nick

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Is this also usable with References/Dependencies? E.G. Let’s say we wanted to e-mail the used mvc and framework version

Could we do smth like this?

#{Octopus.Action[Foo Step].Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.NuGetPackageVersion
#{Octopus.Action[Foo Step].MyFramework.NuGetPackageVersion

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Hi Michiel,

Thanks for getting in touch! You would have to define the variable in the step, but then it would be available for an email step later.
See this blog post: http://octopusdeploy.com/blog/fun-with-output-variables

Note that the Octopus server is the machine that sends out the email, so you will have to define the machine name where you define the variable after Action{stepname].Output[machinename]

Hope that helps!
Vanessa