## Retrieve a task

`$ handinger tasks retrieve`

**get** `/api/tasks/{taskId}`

Retrieve a single task.

### Parameters

- `--task-id: string`

  Task id returned by the create task endpoint.

### Returns

- `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`

### Example

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

#### Response

```json
{
  "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"
  }
}
```