API Reference

Tasks

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Retrieve a task

$ handinger tasks retrieve

GET/api/tasks/{taskId}

Retrieve a single task.

ParametersExpand Collapse

--task-id: string

Task id returned by the create task endpoint.

ReturnsExpand Collapse

TaskGetResponse: object { task }

task: object { id, completedAt, createdAt, 8 more }

id: string

completedAt: string

createdAt: string

createdByUserId: string

organizationId: string

status: "pending" or "running" or "completed" or 2 more

"pending"

"running"

"completed"

"error"

"aborted"

title: string

totals: object { credits, durationMs, turnCount }

Aggregate credit spend, elapsed wall-clock, and number of turns across the task.

credits: number

durationMs: number

turnCount: number

triggeredBy: "api" or "email" or "schedule" or "ui"

"api"

"email"

"schedule"

"ui"

url: string

Web URL of the task in the Handinger dashboard.

workerId: string

Retrieve a task

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handinger tasks retrieve \
  --api-key 'My API Key' \
  --task-id tsk_01HZY31W2SZJ8MJ2FQTR3M1K9D

200 example

{
  "task": {
    "id": "tsk_2Z-YWz3hFq6VlW",
    "completedAt": "2026-05-11T09:14:48.000Z",
    "createdAt": "2026-05-11T09:14:22.000Z",
    "createdByUserId": "usr_7yh-91XzM2nQ4",
    "organizationId": "org_8s1Df9aLp-1z",
    "status": "completed",
    "title": "Weather report for Barcelona",
    "totals": {
      "credits": 42,
      "durationMs": 25812,
      "turnCount": 1
    },
    "triggeredBy": "api",
    "url": "https://v3.handinger.com/worker/wrk_vk81XUHKHG-qr4/task/tsk_2Z-YWz3hFq6VlW",
    "workerId": "wrk_vk81XUHKHG-qr4"
  }
}

Returns Examples

200 example

{
  "task": {
    "id": "tsk_2Z-YWz3hFq6VlW",
    "completedAt": "2026-05-11T09:14:48.000Z",
    "createdAt": "2026-05-11T09:14:22.000Z",
    "createdByUserId": "usr_7yh-91XzM2nQ4",
    "organizationId": "org_8s1Df9aLp-1z",
    "status": "completed",
    "title": "Weather report for Barcelona",
    "totals": {
      "credits": 42,
      "durationMs": 25812,
      "turnCount": 1
    },
    "triggeredBy": "api",
    "url": "https://v3.handinger.com/worker/wrk_vk81XUHKHG-qr4/task/tsk_2Z-YWz3hFq6VlW",
    "workerId": "wrk_vk81XUHKHG-qr4"
  }
}