---
title: "Claim task"
method: POST
path: "/workflow_tasks/claim"
tags: ["Document AI — Tasks & Substitutes"]
---

# Claim task

`POST /workflow_tasks/claim`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.paperoffice.ai/latest`
- URL: `https://api.paperoffice.ai/latest/workflow_tasks/claim`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Claim a task for yourself. Requires task_id. Use when processing tasks from the task queue.

## Response `200`

Success

- object: Aufgabe uebernehmen
  - `status` 'success' | 'error', required: HTTP-Level Status
  - `job_id` string, required
  - `message` string: Menschenlesbare Statusmeldung
  - `pipeline` string
  - `operation` string: Ausgefuehrte Operation
  - `processing_time` string: Gesamte Verarbeitungszeit inkl. Queue (Format: 123.45ms)
  - `result` object, required: Das eigentliche Verarbeitungsergebnis
    - `status` 'completed' | 'failed' | 'timeout': Job-Level Status
    - `message` string: Pipeline-spezifische Statusmeldung
    - `duration_ms` string: Reine Pipeline-Verarbeitungszeit in ms
    - `output` object
      - `claimed` boolean
      - `task_id` string
      - `claimed_by` string

## Other responses

- `4XX`: Error
- `5XX`: Error

---

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