> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.answeringagent.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Get a task > One task with its full description, its source conversation or form, and its assignee. Customer API. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /openapi.yaml get /tasks/{task_id} openapi: 3.0.0 info: title: Answering Agent API description: > The Customer API reads a team's conversations, transcripts, recordings, tasks, contacts, and reports. It also updates tasks and adds notes to them. The Partner API lets reseller accounts manage organizations, users, locations, partner links, and embed tokens. Both use an X-API-KEY header. Requests from this playground go to production. version: 1.0.0 servers: - url: https://answeringagent.com/api/v1 description: Production security: [] tags: - name: Account description: Customer API. Your team, phone lines, and members. - name: Conversations description: >- Customer API. Calls, texts, website chats, and emails, with transcripts and recordings. - name: Tasks description: >- Customer API. Follow-up tasks. Read them, update their status or assignee, and add notes. - name: Contacts description: Customer API. Your customers. - name: Reports description: Customer API. Report metrics, totals, and breakdowns. - name: Organizations description: Partner API, reseller accounts only. - name: Users description: Partner API, reseller accounts only. - name: Locations description: Partner API, reseller accounts only. - name: Account Linking description: Partner API, reseller accounts only. - name: Embed Tokens description: Partner API, reseller accounts only. paths: /tasks/{task_id}: get: tags: - Tasks summary: Get a task description: >- One task with its full description, its source conversation or form, and its assignee. Customer API. operationId: getTask parameters: - in: path name: task_id required: true schema: type: string pattern: ^(conversation|form-submission)-\d+$ example: conversation-184532 description: >- A task ID from search, such as conversation-184532 or form-submission-45. responses: '200': description: The task. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/TaskDetail' '400': $ref: '#/components/responses/CustomerBadRequest' '401': $ref: '#/components/responses/CustomerUnauthorized' '403': $ref: '#/components/responses/CustomerForbidden' '404': $ref: '#/components/responses/CustomerTaskNotFound' '405': $ref: '#/components/responses/CustomerMethodNotAllowed' '429': $ref: '#/components/responses/CustomerRateLimited' security: - ApiKeyAuth: [] components: schemas: TaskDetail: allOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Task' - type: object properties: description: type: string nullable: true maxLength: 5000 Task: type: object properties: id: type: string example: conversation-184532 url: type: string example: https://answeringagent.com/dashboard/conversations/184532 title: type: string nullable: true status: $ref: '#/components/schemas/TaskStatus' assignee: anyOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Person' - $ref: '#/components/schemas/NullValue' category: anyOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Category' - $ref: '#/components/schemas/NullValue' priority: type: string enum: - low - medium - high - urgent - normal created_at: type: string format: date-time nullable: true description: >- When the source conversation started or the form was submitted. Not when the AI created the task. customer: allOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/CustomerRef' description: >- From the conversation's contact, or from the form submission for a form task. conversation: type: object nullable: true properties: id: type: integer example: 184532 url: type: string channel: anyOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Channel' - $ref: '#/components/schemas/NullValue' phone_line: anyOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/PhoneLine' - $ref: '#/components/schemas/NullValue' form: type: object nullable: true properties: title: type: string nullable: true CustomerError: type: object required: - error - code properties: error: type: string description: A message for people. The text can change. example: That conversation is not available. code: type: string description: A stable code to branch on. enum: - invalid_request - unauthorized - forbidden - not_found - method_not_allowed - conflict - unprocessable - rate_limited - internal example: not_found issues: type: array description: >- Present when code is invalid_request. One entry for each input that failed validation. items: type: object properties: path: type: array items: {} message: type: string TaskStatus: type: string enum: - open - in_progress - on_hold - done Person: type: object description: >- A team member. The id is what assigned_to and report filters.team_member_ids take. properties: id: type: integer example: 9034 name: type: string example: Priya Shah NullValue: description: No value. type: object nullable: true enum: - null Category: type: string description: > A category key. Conversations, tasks, and reports share one list. A form task has form. GET /reports/metrics lists every key with its label under categories. Older records can have a retired key that is not in that list. example: cancellation CustomerRef: type: object properties: name: type: string nullable: true example: Dana Ruiz phone: type: string nullable: true example: '+15125550118' email: type: string nullable: true example: dana.ruiz@example.com Channel: type: string enum: - phone - text - web_chat - email PhoneLine: type: object properties: id: type: integer example: 2181 name: type: string nullable: true example: Westside Wash phone_number: type: string nullable: true example: '+15125550142' responses: CustomerBadRequest: description: An input is missing or invalid. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/CustomerError' CustomerUnauthorized: description: >- The X-API-KEY header is missing, the key is wrong or revoked, or its owner was deactivated. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/CustomerError' CustomerForbidden: description: The key's owner is not an owner, admin, or manager on the team. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/CustomerError' CustomerTaskNotFound: description: > The task does not exist, or the key's owner cannot see it. For a task on a repeat conversation that was merged into an earlier one, the error names the task to use instead. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/CustomerError' example: error: >- This conversation was merged into conversation-184519. Use that task. code: not_found CustomerMethodNotAllowed: description: The endpoint does not support that HTTP method. Nothing changed. headers: Allow: description: The methods the endpoint supports, such as GET, HEAD, OPTIONS. schema: type: string content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/CustomerError' example: error: This endpoint accepts GET. code: method_not_allowed CustomerRateLimited: description: More than 120 requests in a minute for this user. headers: Retry-After: description: Seconds to wait before retrying. schema: type: integer content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/CustomerError' securitySchemes: ApiKeyAuth: type: apiKey in: header name: X-API-KEY ```` This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.