---
title: "Job status and result (poll this)"
method: GET
path: "/api/jobs/{job_id}"
tags: ["Jobs and downloads"]
---

# Job status and result (poll this)

`GET /api/jobs/{job_id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://epw.tools`
- URL: `https://epw.tools/api/jobs/{job_id}`
- Auth: API key in header `X-API-Key`

Returns `status` (`queued`, `running`, `complete`, `failed` or `cancelled`), progress `logs`, and `result` once complete (file names, sources, QC). Poll every 2-5 seconds. Only the key that created the job can read it.

## Path parameters

- `job_id` string, required

## Query parameters

- `key` string, nullable
- `token` string, nullable

## Headers

- `X-API-Key` string, nullable

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- unknown

## Other responses

- `402`: Insufficient credits for this operation.
- `422`: Validation Error
- `429`: Rate limit exceeded — retry after a short delay.

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/epw/apis/epw-tools-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/epw/apis/epw-tools-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/epw/apis/epw-tools-api/revisions/e6b60fc7a6d7?raw)