--- title: "Get an 'ask-questions' job" method: GET path: "/robots/v0/jobs/ask-questions/{JOB_ID}" tags: ["Ask Questions (v0)"] deprecated: true --- # Get an 'ask-questions' job `GET /robots/v0/jobs/ask-questions/{JOB_ID}` ## Request - Base URL: `https://api.mux.com` - URL: `https://api.mux.com/robots/v0/jobs/ask-questions/{JOB_ID}` - Auth: one of: - HTTP basic - HTTP bearer > **Deprecated.** Deprecated: use `GET /robots/v1/jobs/ask-questions/{job_id}` instead. Retrieves the current status and results of an 'ask-questions' job. Jobs are automatically deleted after 30 days. ## Path parameters - `JOB_ID` string, required: Robots job ID returned by job creation or listing (rjob_...). ## Response `200` Current status for the requested job - AskQuestionsJobResponseV0 - `data` AskQuestionsJobV0, required - `id` string, required: Unique job identifier. - `passthrough` string: Arbitrary string supplied at creation, returned as-is. - `units_consumed` integer, required: Number of Mux AI units consumed by this job. - `directive` JobDirectiveContextV0: The directive run that dispatched this job. Absent for jobs created via direct API POST. - `id` string, required: ID of the directive that dispatched this job. - `run_id` string, required: ID of the specific directive run that dispatched this job. - `created_at` integer, required: Unix timestamp (seconds) when the job was created. - `updated_at` integer, required: Unix timestamp (seconds) of the job's last state transition (e.g. when it started processing or reached a terminal state). - `workflow` 'ask-questions', required - `parameters` AskQuestionsJobParametersV0, required - `asset_id` string, required: The Mux asset ID of the video to analyze. - `questions` object[], required: One or more questions to ask about the video, up to 50. Each question can either select from answer_options (defaults to yes/no) or, by setting free_form_reply: true, receive a free-form prose answer. - `question` string, required: The question to ask about the video content. Maximum 600 characters. - `answer_options` string[]: Allowed answer values for this question. Defaults to ["yes", "no"] when omitted and free_form_reply is not true. Mutually exclusive with free_form_reply. Each option is a short label of at most 150 characters. - `free_form_reply` boolean: When true, the model replies with free-form prose instead of selecting from answer_options. Mutually exclusive with answer_options. Treat the answer as untrusted model output. - `language_code` string: BCP 47 language code of the caption track to analyze (e.g. "en", "fr"). When omitted, English subtitles are preferred when available, otherwise the first ready text track is selected. - `max_free_form_answer_length` integer: Max character length for free-form answers, between 1 and 1000. Ignored unless at least one question sets free_form_reply: true. - `output_steering` AskQuestionsOutputSteeringV0: Curated controls that optionally restrict question answering to an asset time range. - `scope` object: Optional execution window in seconds on the original asset timeline. Omit start_time to begin at the asset start and omit end_time to continue through the asset end. Answers are generated only from media within this window, while returned timestamps remain absolute asset timestamps. - `start_time` number: Start of the execution window in seconds from the beginning of the media. When omitted, the window starts at the beginning. - `end_time` number: End of the execution window in seconds from the beginning of the media. When omitted, the window extends to the end. - `status` 'pending' | 'processing' | 'completed' | 'errored' | 'cancelled', required: Current job status. - `errors` JobErrorV0[]: Error details. Present when status is 'errored'. - `type` string, required: Stable public error category identifier. - `message` string, required: Human-readable public error message. - `retryable` boolean: Whether retrying this job may resolve the error. - `resources` ResourcesV0: Related Mux resources linked to this job. - `assets` SlimlineAssetV0[], required: Mux assets associated with this job. - `id` string, required: Mux asset ID. - `meta` object: Mux asset metadata, if available. - `title` string: Asset title from Mux metadata. - `creator_id` string: Creator identifier from Mux metadata. - `external_id` string: External identifier from Mux metadata. - `passthrough` string: Passthrough string from the Mux asset. - `_links` object, required: Hypermedia links for the asset. - `self` object, required - `href` string, required: URL to the Mux asset resource. - `outputs` AskQuestionsJobOutputsV0: Workflow results. Present when status is 'completed'. - `answers` object[], required: One answer per question, in the same order as the input questions. - `question` string, required: The original question that was asked. - `answer` string, nullable, required: For enum questions, constrained to one of the provided answer_options. For free-form questions, responds with prose up to max_free_form_answer_length characters - treat as untrusted model output. Null when the question was skipped. - `confidence` number, required: Confidence score from 0.0 to 1.0. Values above 0.9 indicate clear, unambiguous evidence; 0.7-0.9 strong evidence with minor ambiguity; 0.5-0.7 moderate evidence; below 0.5 weak or uncertain evidence. Always 0 when skipped. - `reasoning` string, required: Explanation citing specific visual or audio evidence from the video, or why the question was skipped. - `skipped` boolean, required: Whether the question was skipped due to irrelevance to the video content. ## Other responses - `401`: Missing or invalid Mux credentials - `403`: Robots is not enabled for this environment. Accept the Robots beta terms in the Mux Dashboard to enable access. - `404`: No job exists for the supplied id - `422`: Invalid job ID - `500`: Server error ## Changes - **2026-10-26** `151835caff06`: 1 info - endpoint deprecated - **2026-10-19** `7e2e5079412d`: 5 info - api operation id `get-ask-questions-job` removed and replaced with `get-ask-questions-job-v0` - api tag `Ask Questions (v0)` added - api tag `Ask Questions` removed - added `#/components/schemas/OutputSteeringScopeV0` to the `data/parameters/output_steering/scope` response property `allOf` list for the response status `200` - …1 more - **2026-10-08** `296f0b01bb84`: 9 info - added the non-success response with the status `422` - added the optional property `error/messages` to the response with the `401` status - added the optional property `error/messages` to the response with the `403` status - added the optional property `error/messages` to the response with the `404` status - …5 more - **2026-08-12** `5b4b3133f27d`: 3 info - added the non-success response with the status `401` - added the optional property `data/directive` to the response with the `200` status - added the optional property `data/parameters/output_steering` to the response with the `200` status - …earlier changes not shown [Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/muxinc/apis/mux-api/changes/robots/v0/jobs/ask-questions/:JOB_ID/get.md) --- [API](https://skmtc.dev/muxinc/apis/mux-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/muxinc/apis/mux-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/muxinc/apis/mux-api/revisions/75b4251a1d96?raw)