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# Get task details

GET https://example.itential.io/workflow_builder/getTaskDetails/{app}/{task}

Returns a Task's details.

Reference: https://docs.itential.com/itential-cloud/api-reference/workflow-builder/get-task-details

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (basic auth, required) — Basic authentication of the form `Basic <base64(username:password)>`.

## Request

### Path parameters

- `app` (string, required) — Application's name (export field in model)
- `task` (string, required) — Task's id (hex)

## Response

### 200

Detailed Task.

- `object or object or object`
  - object
    - `name` (string, required)
    - `summary` (string, required)
    - `description` (string, required)
    - `app` (string, required)
    - `variables` (object, required)
      - `incoming` (object, required)
      - `outgoing` (object, required)
      - `error` (string, optional)
      - `decorators` (list of object, optional)
        - `type` (enum, optional)
          - Allowed values: `encryption`
        - `pointer` (string, optional)
    - `groups` (list of string, required)
    - `type` ("manual", required)
    - `view` (string, required)
    - `nodeLocation` (object, optional) — Stores the coordinates used by canvasVersion: 3 workflows
      - `x` (double, optional)
      - `y` (double, optional)
    - `deprecated` (boolean, optional)
    - `scheduled` (boolean, optional)
  - object
    - `name` (string, required)
    - `summary` (string, required)
    - `description` (string, required)
    - `app` (string, required)
    - `variables` (object, required)
      - `incoming` (object, required)
      - `outgoing` (object, required)
      - `error` (string, optional)
      - `decorators` (list of object, optional)
        - `type` (enum, optional)
          - Allowed values: `encryption`
        - `pointer` (string, optional)
    - `groups` (list of string, required)
    - `type` ("automatic", required)
    - `actor` (string, required)
    - `nodeLocation` (object, optional) — Stores the coordinates used by canvasVersion: 3 workflows
      - `x` (double, optional)
      - `y` (double, optional)
    - `deprecated` (boolean, optional)
    - `scheduled` (boolean, optional)
    - `retrySettings` (object, optional, nullable) — Retry settings for a task.
      - `state` (list of enum, required) — Finish states the task will retry on. The task will retry on any of the included states.
        - Allowed values: `success`, `error`, `failure`
      - `autoRetry` (boolean, required) — Whether the task is set to retry automatically or manually.
      - `limit` (integer, required) — Limit of retries on a task before it will take normal transitions and stop retrying.
      - `delay` (integer, required) — Delay between each retry in milliseconds.
      - `count` (integer, optional) — Current retry count used for workflow engine job processing
  - object
    - `name` (string, required)
    - `summary` (string, required)
    - `description` (string, required)
    - `app` (string, required)
    - `variables` (object, required)
      - `incoming` (object, required)
      - `outgoing` (object, required)
      - `error` (string, optional)
      - `decorators` (list of object, optional)
        - `type` (enum, optional)
          - Allowed values: `encryption`
        - `pointer` (string, optional)
    - `groups` (list of string, required)
    - `type` ("operation", required)
    - `nodeLocation` (object, optional) — Stores the coordinates used by canvasVersion: 3 workflows
      - `x` (double, optional)
      - `y` (double, optional)
    - `deprecated` (boolean, optional)
    - `scheduled` (boolean, optional)
    - `retrySettings` (object, optional, nullable) — Retry settings for a task.
      - `state` (list of enum, required) — Finish states the task will retry on. The task will retry on any of the included states.
        - Allowed values: `success`, `error`, `failure`
      - `autoRetry` (boolean, required) — Whether the task is set to retry automatically or manually.
      - `limit` (integer, required) — Limit of retries on a task before it will take normal transitions and stop retrying.
      - `delay` (integer, required) — Delay between each retry in milliseconds.
      - `count` (integer, optional) — Current retry count used for workflow engine job processing

## Errors

### 500 Internal Server Error

Error response from API

- `any`

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "app": "string",
  "deprecated": true,
  "description": "string",
  "groups": [
    "string"
  ],
  "name": "string",
  "nodeLocation": {
    "x": 1.1,
    "y": 1.1
  },
  "scheduled": true,
  "summary": "string",
  "type": "string",
  "variables": {
    "decorators": [
      {
        "pointer": "string",
        "type": "encryption"
      }
    ],
    "error": "string",
    "incoming": {},
    "outgoing": {}
  },
  "view": "string"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://example.itential.io/workflow_builder/getTaskDetails/app/task"

response = requests.get(url)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://example.itential.io/workflow_builder/getTaskDetails/app/task';
const options = {method: 'GET'};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://example.itential.io/workflow_builder/getTaskDetails/app/task"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://example.itential.io/workflow_builder/getTaskDetails/app/task")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://example.itential.io/workflow_builder/getTaskDetails/app/task")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://example.itential.io/workflow_builder/getTaskDetails/app/task');

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://example.itential.io/workflow_builder/getTaskDetails/app/task");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://example.itential.io/workflow_builder/getTaskDetails/app/task")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```