Trigger release checks after successful build

Author: Alec-Painter

.travis.yml

@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ go_import_path: "github.com/ibm-messaging/mq-container"
 #     - downloads
 
 jobs:
+  allow_failures:
+    - script: bash -e travis-build-scripts/trigger-release-checks.sh
   include:
     - stage: basic-build
       if: branch != v9.3.0.x AND tag IS blank
@@ -97,6 +99,10 @@ jobs:
       env:
         - PUSH_MANIFEST_ONLY=true
       script: bash -e travis-build-scripts/run.sh
+    - stage: trigger-release-checks
+      if: branch = v9.3.0.x AND type != pull_request OR tag =~ ^release-candidate*
+      name: "Trigger release-checks build"
+      script: bash -e travis-build-scripts/trigger-release-checks.sh
 
 before_install:
   - make install-build-deps

travis-build-scripts/trigger-release-checks.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# © Copyright IBM Corporation 2019, 2020
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+GREEN="\033[32m"
+RED="\033[31m"
+
+END="\033[0m"
+
+RIGHTARROW="\xE2\x96\xB6"
+GREENRIGHTARROW=${GREEN}${RIGHTARROW}${END}
+
+TICK="\xE2\x9C\x94"
+CROSS="\xE2\x9C\x97"
+GREENTICK=${GREEN}${TICK}${END}
+REDCROSS=${RED}${CROSS}${END}
+
+printf "${GREENRIGHTARROW} Attempting to trigger new release-checks build\n"
+
+repo_name=$(echo "${TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG}" | cut -d'/' -f2-)
+
+request_body="{ \"request\": { \"message\": \"Trigger release checks build from ${repo_name}:${TRAVIS_BRANCH}\", \"branch\": \"main\", \"merge_mode\": \"deep_merge_append\", \"config\": { \"env\": { \"global\": [ \"EVENT_SOURCE=${repo_name}\" ]}}}}"
+
+request_response="$(curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Travis-API-Version: 3" -H "Authorization: token ${TRAVIS_TOKEN}" -d "${request_body}" https://v3.travis.ibm.com/api/repo/mq-cloudpak%2Frelease-checks/requests -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" -s)"
+if [ "$request_response" != "202" ]; then
+    printf "${REDCROSS} ${RED}Could not create new request${END}\n"
+    exit 1
+else
+    printf "${GREENTICK} Successfully created new request\n"
+fi