---
title: "Get DuplicateFinder job"
method: GET
path: "/job/duplicate_finder/{job_id}"
tags: ["job"]
---

# Get DuplicateFinder job

`GET /job/duplicate_finder/{job_id}`

## Request

- The document declares no server URL.
- Auth: OAuth 2
  - Password
  - Token URL: `/authentication/login`

## Path parameters

- `job_id` string, required

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- DuplicateFinderJobRead
  - `job_id` string, required: RQ job ID
  - `job_type` 'duplicate_finder', required: Type of the job
  - `project_id` integer, required: Project ID associated with the job
  - `status` 'queued' | 'finished' | 'failed' | 'started' | 'deferred' | 'scheduled' | 'stopped' | 'canceled', required
  - `status_message` string, nullable: Status message
  - `current_step` integer, required: Current step in the job process
  - `steps` string[], required: Total number of steps in the job process
  - `input` DuplicateFinderInput, required
    - `project_id` integer, required: Project ID associated with the job
    - `max_different_words` integer, required: Number of different words allowed between duplicates
    - `tag_id` integer, nullable, required: Tag id to filter source documents. If not provided, all source documents are considered.
  - `output` DuplicateFinderOutput
    - `duplicates` array[], required: List of found duplicate clusters
      - integer[]
  - `created` string, date-time, required: Created timestamp of the job
  - `finished` string, date-time, nullable: Finished timestamp of the job

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

## Changes

- **2026-10-05** `3bdfd02830b1`: 1 warning, 1 info
  - added the new `duplicate_finder` enum value to the `job_type` response property for the response status `200`
  - the `job_type` response property const value `duplicate_finder` was added for the status `200`
- **2026-07-16** `bd1187f3520e`: 2 info
  - added the optional property `detail/items/ctx` to the response with the `422` status
  - added the optional property `detail/items/input` to the response with the `422` status
- **2025-09-10** `fe127c9a2bea`: 1 info
  - added the required property `input/tag_id` to the response with the `200` status
- **2025-08-22** `53e769440a25`: 1 breaking, 2 warning
  - removed the required property `input/tag_id` from the response with the `200` status
  - removed the optional property `detail/items/ctx` from the response with the `422` status
  - removed the optional property `detail/items/input` from the response with the `422` status

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/uhh-lt/apis/discourse-analysis-tool-suite-api/changes/job/duplicate_finder/:job_id/get.md)

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