[[tasks-list]]
== Tasks List

The task management API allows to retrieve information about currently running tasks.

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curl -XGET 'http://localhost:9200/_tasks'
curl -XGET 'http://localhost:9200/_tasks/nodeId1,nodeId2'
curl -XGET 'http://localhost:9200/_tasks/nodeId1,nodeId2/cluster:*'
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The first command retrieves all tasks currently running on all nodes.
The second command selectively retrieves tasks from nodes
`nodeId1` and `nodeId2`. All the nodes selective options are explained
<<cluster-nodes,here>>.
The third command retrieves all cluster-related tasks running on nodes `nodeId1` and `nodeId2`.

The result will look similar to:

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{
  "nodes" : {
    "fDlEl7PrQi6F-awHZ3aaDw" : {
      "name" : "Gazer",
      "transport_address" : "127.0.0.1:9300",
      "host" : "127.0.0.1",
      "ip" : "127.0.0.1:9300",
      "tasks" : [ {
        "node" : "fDlEl7PrQi6F-awHZ3aaDw",
        "id" : 105,
        "type" : "transport",
        "action" : "cluster:monitor/nodes/tasks"
      }, {
        "node" : "fDlEl7PrQi6F-awHZ3aaDw",
        "id" : 106,
        "type" : "direct",
        "action" : "cluster:monitor/nodes/tasks[n]",
        "parent_node" : "fDlEl7PrQi6F-awHZ3aaDw",
        "parent_id" : 105
      } ]
    }
  }
}
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