Get task

Returns a task. The server returns the received request as JSON.

GET/anything/{taskId}

Authorizations

Authorizationstringheaderrequired

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>.

Path parameters

taskIdstringrequired

Task identifier.

Example: task_123

Response

application/json

200

Received request.

methodenum<string>

Request method.

Available options: GET POST

urlstring<uri>

Example: https://httpbin.org/anything/task_123?notify=false

argsobject

Query parameters.

headersobject

Request headers.

jsonobject

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titlestringrequired

Task title.

Example: Write release notes

statusenum<string>

Task status.

Available options: open in_progress done

Default: open

labelsstring[]

Task labels.

assigneeobject

Assigned user.

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idinteger

Example: 42

emailstring<email>

401

Missing or invalid token.

Request

bash

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://httpbin.org/anything/{taskId}' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'

javascript

const options = {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}
};

fetch("https://httpbin.org/anything/{taskId}", options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

php

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://httpbin.org/anything/{taskId}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ["Authorization: Bearer <token>"],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

java

HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
    .uri(URI.create("https://httpbin.org/anything/{taskId}"))
    .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
    .method("GET", HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.noBody())
    .build();
HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient().send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
System.out.println(response.body());

Response

200

json

{
  "method": "GET",
  "url": "https://httpbin.org/anything/task_123?notify=false",
  "args": {},
  "headers": {},
  "json": {
    "title": "Write release notes",
    "status": "open",
    "labels": [
      "docs"
    ],
    "assignee": {
      "id": 42,
      "email": "user@example.com"
    }
  }
}

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Last updated: 2026-10-29