---
title: "Retrieve a task"
method: GET
path: "/v1/tasks/{id}"
---

# Retrieve a task

`GET /v1/tasks/{id}`

Retrieves a single task by its ID.

**[Required scope](/using-the-api/scopes/):** `tasks:read`

**[Rate limit category](/using-the-api/rate-limits/):** Read

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required — Unique identifier of the task to retrieve.

## Headers

- `Lightfield-Version` '2026-03-01', required

## Response `200`

OK

- TaskRetrieveResponse
  - `id` string, required — Unique identifier for the entity.
  - `createdAt` string, required — ISO 8601 timestamp of when the entity was created.
  - `updatedAt` string, nullable, required — ISO 8601 timestamp of when the entity was last updated, or null.
  - `httpLink` string, nullable, required — URL to view the entity in the Lightfield web app, or null.
  - `externalId` string, nullable — External identifier for the entity, or null if unset.
  - `fields` object, required — Map of field names to their typed values. System fields are prefixed with `$` (e.g. `$name`, `$email`); custom attributes use their bare slug.
  - `relationships` object, required — Map of relationship names to their associated entities. System relationships are prefixed with `$` (e.g. `$owner`, `$contact`).

## Other responses

- `400` — 400
- `401` — 401
- `403` — 403
- `404` — 404
- `409` — 409
- `415` — 415
- `422` — 422
- `429` — 429
- `500` — 500
- `501` — 501
- `503` — 503
- `504` — 504

## Changes

- **2026-07-28** `93b6c5de5463` — 1 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `501`
- **2026-05-21** `7b3cf2deef52` — 1 warning, 1 info
  - added the new `HTML` enum value to the `fields/additionalProperties/valueType` response property for the response status `200`
  - added the non-success response with the status `504`
- **2026-04-17** `9e026e8daea4` — 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/lightfld/apis/api-reference/changes/v1/tasks/:id/get.md)

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