feed APIv1.3.1

getTasks

GET

/task

This method returns the details and status for an array of tasks based on a specified feed_type or scheduledId. Specifying both feed_type and scheduledId results in an error. Since schedules are based on feed types, you can specify a schedule (schedule_id) that returns the needed feed_type.

If specifying the feed_type, limit which tasks are returned by specifying filters, such as the creation date range or period of time using look_back_days. Also, by specifying the feed_type, both on-demand and scheduled reports are returned.

If specifying a scheduledId, the schedule template (that the schedule ID is based on) determines which tasks are returned (see schedule_id for additional information). Each scheduledId applies to one feed_type.

Input

Resource URI (production)

GET https://api.ebay.com/sell/feed/v1/task?

feed_type=string&

schedule_id=string&

look_back_days=integer&

date_range=string&

limit=integer&

offset=integer

URI parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
feed_type	string	The feed type associated with the tasks to be returned. Only use a feedType that is available for your API: Order Feeds: `LMS_ORDER_ACK, LMS_ORDER_REPORT` Large Merchant Services (LMS) Feeds: See Available FeedTypes Do not use with the schedule_id parameter. Since schedules are based on feed types, you can specify a schedule (schedule_id) that returns the needed feed_type. Occurrence: Conditional
schedule_id	string	The schedule ID associated with the task. A schedule periodically generates a report for the feed type specified by the schedule template (see scheduleTemplateId in createSchedule). Do not use with the feed_type parameter. Since schedules are based on feed types, you can specify a schedule (schedule_id) that returns the needed feed_type. Occurrence: Conditional
look_back_days	integer	The number of previous days in which to search for tasks. Do not use with the `date_range` parameter. If both `date_range` and `look_back_days` are omitted, this parameter's default value is used. Default: 7 Range: 1-90 (inclusive) Occurrence: Conditional
date_range	string	Specifies the range of task creation dates used to filter the results. The results are filtered to include only tasks with a creation date that is equal to this date or is within specified range. Only tasks that are less than 90 days can be retrieved. Note: Maximum date range window size is 90 days. Valid Format (UTC):`yyyy-MM-ddThh:mm:ss.SSSZ..yyyy-MM-ddThh:mm:ss.SSSZ` For example: Tasks created on September 8, 2019 `2019-09-08T00:00:00.000Z..2019-09-09T00:00:00.000Z` Occurrence: Conditional
limit	integer	The maximum number of tasks that can be returned on each page of the paginated response. Use this parameter in conjunction with the offset parameter to control the pagination of the output. Note: This feature employs a zero-based list, where the first item in the list has an offset of `0`. For example, if offset is set to 10 and limit is set to 10, the call retrieves tasks 11 thru 20 from the result set. If this parameter is omitted, the default value is used. Default: 10 Maximum: 500 Occurrence: Optional
offset	integer	The number of tasks to skip in the result set before returning the first task in the paginated response. Combine offset with the limit query parameter to control the items returned in the response. For example, if you supply an offset of `0` and a limit of `10`, the first page of the response contains the first 10 items from the complete list of items retrieved by the call. If offset is `10` and limit is `20`, the first page of the response contains items 11-30 from the complete result set. If this query parameter is not set, the default value is used and the first page of records is returned. Default: 0 Occurrence: Optional

HTTP request headers

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

This method has no additional required headers. See HTTP request headers- opens rest request components page for details.

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

Copy complete valid JSON to Clipboard

{ /* TaskCollection */

"href" : "string",

"limit" : "integer",

"next" : "string",

"offset" : "integer",

"prev" : "string",

"tasks" : [

{ /* 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"

}

"total" : "integer"

}

Response fields

Output container/field	Type	Description
href	string	The path to the call URI that produced the current page of results. Occurrence: Always
limit	integer	The value of the limit parameter submitted in the request, which is the maximum number of tasks to return per page, from the result set. A result set is the complete set of tasks returned by the method. Note: Though this parameter is not required to be submitted in the request, the parameter defaults to 10 if omitted. Note: If this is the last or only page of the result set, the page may contain fewer tasks than the limit value. To determine the number of pages in a result set, divide the total value (total number of tasks matching input criteria) by this limit value, and then round up to the next integer. For example, if the total value was `120` (120 total tasks) and the limit value was `50` (show 50 tasks per page), the total number of pages in the result set is three, so the seller would have to make three separate getTasks calls to view all tasks matching the input criteria. Occurrence: Always
next	string	The path to the call URI for the next page of results. This value is returned if there is an additional page of results to return from the result set. Occurrence: Conditional
offset	integer	The number of results skipped in the result set before listing the first returned result. This value can be set in the request with the offset query parameter. Note: The items in a paginated result set use a zero-based list where the first item in the list has an offset of `0`. Occurrence: Always
prev	string	The path to the call URI for the previous page of results. This is returned if there is a previous page of results from the result set. Occurrence: Conditional
tasks	array of Task	An array of the tasks on this page. The tasks are sorted by creation date. An empty array is returned if the filter criteria excludes all tasks. Occurrence: Always
tasks.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
tasks.creationDate	string	The date the task was created. Occurrence: Conditional
tasks.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
tasks.feedType	string	The feed type associated with the task. Occurrence: Always
tasks.schemaVersion	string	The schema version number associated with the task. Occurrence: Always
tasks.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
tasks.taskId	string	The ID of the task that was submitted in the request. Occurrence: Always
tasks.uploadSummary	UploadSummary	This container provides summary information on an upload feed (not applicable for download feed types). Occurrence: Conditional
tasks.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
tasks.uploadSummary.successCount	integer	The number of records that were successfully processed during the upload feed. Occurrence: Conditional
total	integer	The total number of tasks that match the input criteria. Occurrence: Always

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
400	Bad Request
403	Forbidden
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.
160004	API_FEED	REQUEST	You must submit either a 'feed_type' or 'schedule_id'.
160005	API_FEED	REQUEST	Both 'feed_type' and 'schedule_id' were provided. Please remove one of them.
160006	API_FEED	REQUEST	The 'feed_type' {feedTypeValue} is invalid.
160007	API_FEED	REQUEST	The 'schedule_id' {scheduleID} is invalid.
160008	API_FEED	REQUEST	Both 'look_back_days' and 'date_range' were provided. Please remove one of them.
160009	API_FEED	REQUEST	The format of the 'date_range' is invalid. The format for a date range is yyyy-MM-ddThh:mm:ss.SSSZ..yyyy-MM-ddThh:mm:ss.SSSZ.
160010	API_FEED	REQUEST	The 'date_range' must be less than or equal to 90 days.
160011	API_FEED	REQUEST	The 'look_back_days' value must be greater than zero and less than or equal to 90.
160012	API_FEED	REQUEST	The 'limit' value must be greater than zero and less than or equal to 500.
160013	API_FEED	REQUEST	The 'offset' value cannot be less than zero.
160016	API_FEED	REQUEST	The 'date_range' value is not valid. Ensure that the beginning of the range is before the end of the range.
160029	API_FEED	REQUEST	The 'offset' value must be a multiple of the 'limit' value.

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 Tasks

This call retrieves the status of a group of tasks based on the criteria.

Input

The input specifies feed_type, date_range, limit, and offset query parameters.

GET

https://api.ebay.com/sell/feed/v1/task?offset=2&limit=2&feed_type=LMS_ORDER_ACK&date_range=2020-07-06T02:00:00.000Z..2020-07-07T01:00:00.000Z

Output

The output is an array of tasks and the details for each task including taskId, status, feedType, and so on, as specified by the filter criteria. Since limit was set to 2 and offset was set to 2, the output contains the second page of returned results.

{
    "href": "https://api.ebay.com/sell/feed/v1/task?offset=2&limit=2&feed_type=LMS_ORDER_ACK&date_range=2020-07-06T02:00:00.000Z..2020-07-07T01:00:00.000Z",
    "next": "https://api.ebay.com/sell/feed/v1/task?offset=4&limit=2&feed_type=LMS_ORDER_ACK&date_range=2020-07-06T02:00:00.000Z..2020-07-07T01:00:00.000Z",
    "prev": "https://api.ebay.com/sell/feed/v1/task?offset=0&limit=2&feed_type=LMS_ORDER_ACK&date_range=2020-07-06T02:00:00.000Z..2020-07-07T01:00:00.000Z",
    "limit": 2,
    "offset": 2,
    "total": 12,
    "tasks": [
        {
            "taskId": "task-3********3",
            "status": "COMPLETED",
            "feedType": "LMS_ORDER_ACK",
            "creationDate": "2020-07-06T03:05:16.000Z",
            "completionDate": "2020-07-06T03:05:23.000Z",
            "schemaVersion": "1.0",
            "detailHref": "https://api.ebay.com/sell/feed/v1/task/task-10-3********3"
        },
        {
            "taskId": "task-3********2",
            "status": "FAILED",
            "feedType": "LMS_ORDER_ACK",
            "creationDate": "2020-07-06T03:02:49.000Z",
            "completionDate": "2020-07-06T03:02:54.000Z",
            "schemaVersion": "1.0",
            "detailHref": "https://api.ebay.com/sell/feed/v1/task/task-10-3********2"
        }
    ]
}