Query parameters

  • actionsstring | array[string]

    A comma-separated list or wildcard expression of actions used to limit the request. For example, you can use cluser:* to retrieve all cluster-related tasks.

  • detailedboolean

    If true, the response includes detailed information about the running tasks. This information is useful to distinguish tasks from each other but is more costly to run.

  • group_bystring

    A key that is used to group tasks in the response. The task lists can be grouped either by nodes or by parent tasks.

    Supported values include:

    • nodes: Group tasks by node ID.
    • parents: Group tasks by parent task ID.
    • none: Do not group tasks.

    Values are nodes, parents, or none.

  • nodesstring | array[string]

    A comma-separated list of node IDs or names that is used to limit the returned information.

  • parent_task_idstring

    A parent task identifier that is used to limit returned information. To return all tasks, omit this parameter or use a value of -1. If the parent task is not found, the API does not return a 404 response code.

  • timeoutstring

    The period to wait for each node to respond. If a node does not respond before its timeout expires, the response does not include its information. However, timed out nodes are included in the node_failures property.

    Values are -1 or 0.

  • wait_for_completionboolean

    If true, the request blocks until the operation is complete.

Responses

  • 200 application/json
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    • node_failuresarray[object]
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      • typestring Required

        The type of error

      • reasonstring

        A human-readable explanation of the error, in English.

      • stack_tracestring

        The server stack trace. Present only if the error_trace=true parameter was sent with the request.

      • caused_byobject
      • root_causearray[object]
      • suppressedarray[object]
    • task_failuresarray[object]
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      • task_idnumber Required
      • node_idstring Required
      • statusstring Required
      • reasonobject Required
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        • typestring Required

          The type of error

        • reasonstring

          A human-readable explanation of the error, in English.

        • stack_tracestring

          The server stack trace. Present only if the error_trace=true parameter was sent with the request.

        • caused_byobject
        • root_causearray[object]
        • suppressedarray[object]
    • nodesobject

      Task information grouped by node, if group_by was set to node (the default).

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      • *object Additional properties
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        • namestring
        • transport_addressstring
        • hoststring
        • ipstring
        • rolesarray[string]
        • attributesobject
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          • *string Additional properties
        • tasksobject Required
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          • *object Additional properties
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            • actionstring Required
            • cancelledboolean
            • cancellableboolean Required
            • descriptionstring

              Human readable text that identifies the particular request that the task is performing. For example, it might identify the search request being performed by a search task. Other kinds of tasks have different descriptions, like _reindex which has the source and the destination, or _bulk which just has the number of requests and the destination indices. Many requests will have only an empty description because more detailed information about the request is not easily available or particularly helpful in identifying the request.

            • headersobject Required
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            • idnumber Required
            • nodestring Required
            • running_timestring

              A duration. Units can be nanos, micros, ms (milliseconds), s (seconds), m (minutes), h (hours) and d (days). Also accepts "0" without a unit and "-1" to indicate an unspecified value.

            • running_time_in_nanosnumber

              Time unit for nanoseconds

            • start_time_in_millisnumber

              Time unit for milliseconds

            • statusobject

              The internal status of the task, which varies from task to task. The format also varies. While the goal is to keep the status for a particular task consistent from version to version, this is not always possible because sometimes the implementation changes. Fields might be removed from the status for a particular request so any parsing you do of the status might break in minor releases.

            • typestring Required

            • parent_task_idstring | number

              One of:
              TaskIdstringTaskIdnumber

    • tasksarray[object] | object

      One of:
      TaskInfosarray[object]TaskInfosobject
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      • actionstring Required
      • cancelledboolean
      • cancellableboolean Required
      • descriptionstring

        Human readable text that identifies the particular request that the task is performing. For example, it might identify the search request being performed by a search task. Other kinds of tasks have different descriptions, like _reindex which has the source and the destination, or _bulk which just has the number of requests and the destination indices. Many requests will have only an empty description because more detailed information about the request is not easily available or particularly helpful in identifying the request.

      • headersobject Required
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      • idnumber Required
      • nodestring Required
      • running_timestring

        A duration. Units can be nanos, micros, ms (milliseconds), s (seconds), m (minutes), h (hours) and d (days). Also accepts "0" without a unit and "-1" to indicate an unspecified value.

      • running_time_in_nanosnumber

        Time unit for nanoseconds

      • start_time_in_millisnumber

        Time unit for milliseconds

      • statusobject

        The internal status of the task, which varies from task to task. The format also varies. While the goal is to keep the status for a particular task consistent from version to version, this is not always possible because sometimes the implementation changes. Fields might be removed from the status for a particular request so any parsing you do of the status might break in minor releases.

      • typestring Required

      • parent_task_idstring | number

        One of:
        TaskIdstringTaskIdnumber
GET /_tasks
curl \
 --request GET 'http://api.example.com/_tasks' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"
Response examples (200)
A successful response from `GET _tasks?actions=*search&detailed` The `detailed` parameter affects the `description` field, which contains human readable text that identifies the particular request that the task is performing. For example, it helps identify the search request being performed by a search task.
{
  "nodes" : {
    "oTUltX4IQMOUUVeiohTt8A" : {
      "name" : "H5dfFeA",
      "transport_address" : "127.0.0.1:9300",
      "host" : "127.0.0.1",
      "ip" : "127.0.0.1:9300",
      "tasks" : {
        "oTUltX4IQMOUUVeiohTt8A:464" : {
          "node" : "oTUltX4IQMOUUVeiohTt8A",
          "id" : 464,
          "type" : "transport",
          "action" : "indices:data/read/search",
          "description" : "indices[test], types[test], search_type[QUERY_THEN_FETCH], source[{\"query\":...}]",
          "start_time_in_millis" : 1483478610008,
          "running_time_in_nanos" : 13991383,
          "cancellable" : true,
          "cancelled" : false
        }
      }
    }
  }
}