Context URL cannot be empty - Artifactory Gradle Plugin - gradle

Question

I'm trying to get to the Artifactory Gradle plugin working to publish to my local Artifactory instance.
I have the latest version (default install) running at localhost:8081/artifactory. I can verify this with access via a webbrowser.
However, with my bare minimum example .. I am getting a "Context URL cannot be found error
Note that I have specified all the mandatory required Artifactory configurations settings - (as indicated on the Artifactory Gradle WebPage) .. including the Context URL.
buildscript {
repositories{ maven { url 'http://repo.jfrog.org/artifactory/gradle-plugins' } }
dependencies{ classpath 'org.jfrog.buildinfo:build-info-extractor-gradle:2.0.12'}
}
apply plugin: 'artifactory'
artifactory {
contextUrl = 'http://localhost:8081/artifactory' //The base Artifactory URL if not overridden by the publisher/resolver
publish {
repository {
repoKey = 'integration-libs' //The Artifactory repository key to publish to
username = 'admin' //The publisher user name
password = 'password'
}
}
resolve {
repository {
repoKey = 'libs-releases' //The Artifactory (preferably virtual) repository key to resolve from
}
}
}

Answer 1

This looks like a weird bug and I'm not sure what causes it. I get it in some of my gradle build files but others seem to work fine.
I fixed it by defining the contextUrl again inside the publish element, so your script will now look like:
artifactory {
contextUrl = 'http://localhost:8081/artifactory' //The base Artifactory URL if not overridden by the publisher/resolver
publish {
contextUrl = 'http://localhost:8081/artifactory' // <- this is the fix
repository {
repoKey = 'integration-libs' //The Artifactory repository key to publish to
username = 'admin' //The publisher user name
password = 'password'
}
}
resolve {
repository {
repoKey = 'libs-releases' //The Artifactory (preferably virtual) repository key to resolve from
}
}
}
You might also have to define it again inside the resolve element.