Get Task

The Task API provides a method for getting a specific task by ID

This API allows users to monitor the status of tasks running against an index.

Method	GET
URL	/v1/task/<task_id>
Authentication required?	Yes
Required Roles	`owner`, `admin`, or `writer` on the task’s index
Response Body	a Task document

Authentication & Authorization

Tokens for this call must have one of these scopes.

urn:globus:auth:scope:search.api.globus.org:all
urn:globus:auth:scope:search.api.globus.org:ingest

You must have the owner, admin or writer role on the index for the task.

Examples

To look up a task with an ID of 05c1ec1b-2400-44e2-9797-922c29199042:

curl 'https://search.api.globus.org/v1/task/05c1ec1b-2400-44e2-9797-922c29199042'

Response Schemas

Task

Field Name	Type	Description
task_id	UUID	The ID of the Task
state	String	The status of the Task. See the Task States table for possible values
task_type	String	Task discriminator key; one of "ingest", "delete-by-subject", "delete-by-query", or "delete-by-entry-id"
state_description	String	A short description of the state value
index_id	UUID	The ID of the Index which is the target of this task
message	String (optional)	A description of the Task, possibly an error message
additional_details	Object (optional)	Added information about the task which cannot be encoded into the message. Usually only populated on failures to include error information.
creation_date	String	The time at which the task was submitted (created)
completion_date	String	The time at which the task was completed

Example Task

{
  "task_id": "05c1ec1b-2400-44e2-9797-922c29199042",
  "state": "SUCCESS",
  "task_type": "ingest",
  "state_description": "Task succeeded",
  "index_id": "696af25c-8c24-469a-b5e0-67d3e4b71df7",
  "message": null,
  "creation_date": "2018-12-13T18:08:42.746911",
  "completion_date": "2018-12-13T18:08:44.539611",
  "additional_details": null
}

Task States

CREATING	The task is still being initialized
PENDING	The task hasn’t started yet, it is waiting in the queue
PROGRESS	The task has started, but has not yet completed. Search queries may retrieve some of the contents which have been processed
SUCCESS	The task completed without errors or with only temporary errors which resolved
FAILED	The task failed to complete. Partial data may have been processed