getTask: eBay Feed API | eBay Developers Program

GET/task/{task_id}

This method retrieves the details and status of the specified task. The input is task_id.

For details of how this method is used, see Working with Order Feeds in the Selling Integration Guide.

Input

Resource URI

GET https://api.ebay.com/sell/feed/v1/task/{task_id}

This method is supported in Sandbox environment. To access the endpoint, just replace the api.ebay.com root URI with api.sandbox.ebay.com

URI parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
task_id	string	This path parameter is the unique identifier of the task being retrieved. Use the getTasks method to retrieve task IDs. Occurrence: Required

HTTP request headers

All requests made to eBay REST operations require you to provide the Authorization HTTP header for authentication authorization.

All other standard RESTful request headers are optional. For more information on standard RESTful request headers, see the HTTP request headers- opens rest request components page table.

OAuth scope

This request requires an access token created with the authorization code grant flow, using one or more scopes from the following list (please check your Application Keys page for a list of OAuth scopes available to your application):

https://api.ebay.com/oauth/api_scope/sell.inventory

https://api.ebay.com/oauth/api_scope/sell.fulfillment

https://api.ebay.com/oauth/api_scope/sell.marketing

https://api.ebay.com/oauth/api_scope/commerce.catalog.readonly

https://api.ebay.com/oauth/api_scope/sell.analytics.readonly

See OAuth access tokens for more information.

Request payload

This call has no payload.

Request fields

This call has no field definitions.

Output

HTTP response headers

This call has no response headers.

Response payload

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{ /* Task */

"completionDate" : "string",

"creationDate" : "string",

"detailHref" : "string",

"feedType" : "string",

"schemaVersion" : "string",

"status" : "FeedStatusEnum : [CREATED,QUEUED,IN_PROCESS...]",

"taskId" : "string",

"uploadSummary" :

{ /* UploadSummary */

"failureCount" : "integer",

"successCount" : "integer"

}

Response fields

Output container/field	Type	Description
completionDate	string	The timestamp when the task went into the `COMPLETED` or `COMPLETED_WITH_ERROR` state. This state means that eBay has compiled the report for the seller based on the seller’s filter criteria, and the seller can run a getResultFile call to download the report. Occurrence: Conditional
creationDate	string	The date the task was created. Occurrence: Conditional
detailHref	string	The path to the call URI used to retrieve the task. This field points to the GetOrderTask URI if the task is for `LMS_ORDER_REPORT` or will be null if this task is for `LMS_ORDER_ACK`. Occurrence: Conditional
feedType	string	The feed type associated with the task. Occurrence: Always
schemaVersion	string	The schema version number associated with the task. Occurrence: Always
status	FeedStatusEnum	The enumeration value that indicates the state of the task that was submitted in the request. See FeedStatusEnum for information. The values `COMPLETED` and `COMPLETED_WITH_ERROR` indicate the Order Report file is ready to download. Occurrence: Always
taskId	string	The ID of the task that was submitted in the request. Occurrence: Always
uploadSummary	UploadSummary	This container provides summary information on an upload feed (not applicable for download feed types). Occurrence: Conditional
uploadSummary.failureCount	integer	The number of records, such as the number of listings created or the number of pictures uploaded to a listing, that failed to process during the upload feed. Check the response file and correct any issues mentioned. If the feed fails before processing, no response file is provided. In this case check the REST output response. Occurrence: Conditional
uploadSummary.successCount	integer	The number of records that were successfully processed during the upload feed. Occurrence: Conditional

HTTP status codes

This call can return one of the following HTTP status codes. For an overview of the status codes, see HTTP status codes in Using eBay RESTful APIs.

Status	Meaning
200	Success
403	Forbidden
404	Not Found
500	Internal Server Error

Error codes

For more on errors, plus the codes of other common errors, see Handling errors.

Code	Domain	Category	Meaning
160001	API_FEED	APPLICATION	There was a problem with an eBay internal system or process. Contact eBay Developer Technical Support for assistance.
160002	API_FEED	REQUEST	The authentication scope {scope} is incorrect for 'feed_type' {feedType}. Refer to documentation for details about the scopes.
160003	API_FEED	REQUEST	Task {taskID} does not exist.

Warnings

This call has no warnings.

Samples

New to making API calls? Please see Making a Call.

Note: Identifiers, such as order IDs or user IDs, and personal data in these samples might be anonymized or may no longer be active on eBay. If necessary, substitute current, relevant eBay data in your requests.

Sample 1: Get Task

This call retrieves the status of a specific task.

Input

The input is the task_id.

GEThttps://api.ebay.com/sell/feed/v1/task/task-10-3********1

Output

The output is taskId, status, feedType, creationDate, and completionDate.