# Get a task

> GET /tasks/{id}: Get a task

`GET https://usedocs.app/v1/tasks/{id}`

Its status and, once completed, the drafts it made.

## Authentication

Bearer token (`content:read`): A workspace API key: ud_live_…

## Parameters

| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | path | `string` | Yes |  |
| `bot_id` | query | `string` |  | Only for a key that covers several bots (see GET /bots). Or send the Usedocs-Bot header. |

## Responses

| Status | Description |
| --- | --- |
| `200` | The task. |
| `400` | The request is missing something or has a bad value. |
| `401` | No API key, or the key is revoked. |
| `403` | A read key on a write, or a key for another bot. |
| `404` | Not found. |
| `429` | Rate limited: 120 requests a minute per key, 30 tasks an hour. See Retry-After. |

## Response fields

| Field | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | `string` |  |
| `type` | `string` | change, write_article, document_feature, refresh_article, replace_term, draft_gaps, check_all, audit |
| `title` | `string` |  |
| `status` | `string` | One of: `queued`, `in_progress`, `completed`, `failed`. |
| `result` | `object | null` |  |
| `error` | `string | null` |  |
| `createdAt` | `string (date-time)` |  |