> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.server.express/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Get a task

> A snapshot of one task. Visible to whoever started it and to admins; anyone else gets 404. Customers get the redacted
view described on GET /v1/tasks.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi.yaml get /v1/tasks/{id}
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Server.Express API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: >-
    The customer-facing Server.Express API: auth, billing, tickets, cloud and
    dedicated servers, hosting, reselling and account management. Every response
    uses the `{ success, data | error }` envelope.
  contact:
    name: Server.Express
    url: https://server.express
servers:
  - url: https://my.server.express/api
    description: Production
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
  - apiToken: []
tags:
  - name: API Tokens
  - name: Account
  - name: Auth
  - name: Cloud
  - name: Coupons
  - name: Credits
  - name: Dashboard
  - name: Dedicated
  - name: Health
  - name: Hosting
  - name: Integrations
  - name: Invoices
  - name: Livechat
  - name: Notifications
  - name: Passkeys
  - name: Payments
  - name: Products
  - name: Public
  - name: Public Invoices
  - name: Public Tools
  - name: Reseller
  - name: SSH Keys
  - name: Services
  - name: Tasks
  - name: Teams
  - name: Tickets
  - name: Web Hosting
  - name: Webhooks
paths:
  /v1/tasks/{id}:
    parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The task id.
        schema:
          type: string
    get:
      tags:
        - Tasks
      summary: Get a task
      description: >-
        A snapshot of one task. Visible to whoever started it and to admins;
        anyone else gets 404. Customers get the redacted

        view described on GET /v1/tasks.
      operationId: publicDedicatedGetTask
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The task.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                  - success
                  - data
                properties:
                  success:
                    type: boolean
                    const: true
                  data:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/PublicDedicatedTask'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
      security:
        - bearerAuth: []
components:
  schemas:
    PublicDedicatedTask:
      type: object
      required:
        - id
        - kind
        - label
        - status
        - progress
        - step
        - log
        - result
        - error
        - entityType
        - entityId
        - startedById
        - createdAt
        - finishedAt
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        kind:
          type: string
          example: reinstall
        label:
          type: string
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
            - pending
            - running
            - done
            - failed
        progress:
          type: number
        step:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: Customer-safe stage text (redacted for non-admins).
        log:
          type: array
          description: Always empty for non-admins.
          items:
            type: object
            required:
              - at
              - text
              - level
            properties:
              at:
                type: string
                format: date-time
              text:
                type: string
              level:
                type: string
                enum:
                  - info
                  - warn
                  - error
        result:
          description: Job-specific result. Always null for non-admins.
        error:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
        entityType:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
        entityId:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
        startedById:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
        createdAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        finishedAt:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          format: date-time
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      required:
        - success
        - error
      properties:
        success:
          type: boolean
          const: false
        error:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error message.
      additionalProperties: true
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing, invalid or expired credentials.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    Forbidden:
      description: >-
        Authenticated but not allowed (missing scope, not an admin, or not your
        resource).
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    NotFound:
      description: The resource doesn't exist or isn't visible to you.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: >-
        Session access token (JWT) from POST /v1/auth/login or /v1/auth/refresh.
        A session satisfies every API scope.
    apiToken:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: se_live_<prefix>_<secret>
      description: >-
        Personal API token created under Settings → API tokens. Only routes
        guarded by verifyApiAuth accept it, and the token must carry the scope
        named in the operation's x-required-scope.

````

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