Retrieve a task
Retrieves one task by uuid. Unlike the list endpoint, this returns the
task's description, as both description_html and
description_plain_text.
Path Parameters
- Type: stringuuidrequired
The task's
uuid.
Responses
- application/json
- application/json
- application/json
- application/json
Request Example for get/public-api/v1/tasks/{uuid}
curl 'https://app.hellobonsai.com/public-api/v1/tasks/{uuid}' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_TOKEN'
{
"data": {
"uuid": "ad3fdad8-5072-46df-8800-bb57299179df",
"title": "Finalize homepage mockups",
"number": "ACME-00104",
"due_date": "2026-05-15",
"start_date": "2026-05-01",
"time_estimate_in_minutes": 90,
"priority": "high",
"completed_at": "2026-04-14T09:12:04.000Z",
"archived_at": "2026-04-14T09:12:04.000Z",
"assignee_id": 6012,
"assignee_member_id": 314,
"creator_member_id": 315,
"project_id": 51,
"billable": true,
"parent_task_uuid": "e5b1c7d2-91aa-4f30-8f6d-2c1b4a5e7f80",
"project_title": "Acme Website",
"assignee_member_name": "Maria Santos",
"url": "https://app.hellobonsai.com/tasks/ad3fdad8-5072-46df-8800-bb57299179df",
"task_status": {
"id": "e1c4b06e-3a0f-4a52-9c8f-6a1d2b3c4d5e",
"status": "In Progress",
"state": "active",
"color": "#520EB0",
"position": 1
},
"company_tags": [
{
"id": 7,
"name": "VIP"
}
],
"description_html": "<p>Draft the <strong>brief</strong></p>",
"description_plain_text": "Draft the brief"
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "b1f0d2c4-7a9e-4c3b-8d5f-1e2a3b4c5d6e"
}
}