---
title: "Get a job."
method: GET
path: "/v1/machines/{id}/jobs/{job_id}"
tags: ["machines"]
---

# Get a job.

`GET /v1/machines/{id}/jobs/{job_id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.smolmachines.com`
- URL: `https://api.smolmachines.com/v1/machines/{id}/jobs/{job_id}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/smolmachines/apis/smolfleet-api/docs/v1/machines/:id/jobs/:job_id/get.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

The job's live state: a running job's machine is asked whether it has finished. `lost` means the machine stopped or restarted while the job ran. Requires the `machine:read` scope.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required
- `job_id` string, required

## Response `200`

The job

- MachineJob: A job and what is known about it.
  - `command` string[], required: The command as it was run (argv).
  - `createdAt` string, required
  - `exitCode` integer, nullable: The command's exit code once `exited`; 143 when it was cancelled or hit its timeout.
  - `finishedAt` string, nullable
  - `id` string, required
  - `machineId` string, required
  - `state` string, required: `running`, `exited` (see `exitCode`), or `lost`: the machine stopped or restarted while the job ran, so it never finished.
  - `stderrBytes` integer, nullable: Bytes of stderr written so far, when the machine was asked.
  - `stdoutBytes` integer, nullable: Bytes of stdout written so far, when the machine was asked.

## Other responses

- `401`: Missing or invalid API key
- `403`: Key lacks the required scope
- `404`: Not found
- `429`: Rate limited; retry after the Retry-After header
- `500`: Internal error
- `503`: Retryable: the machine was unavailable

## Changes

- **2026-10-16** `bc31fc04a568`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/smolmachines/apis/smolfleet-api/changes/v1/machines/:id/jobs/:job_id/get.md)

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