Get job

Retrieve basic information for a specific job.

GET /api/v1/jobs/{job_id}

cURL

curl --request GET \
  --url "${UNSTRUCTURED_API_URL}/api/v1/jobs/b2c3d4e5-6f7a-8b9c-0d1e-2f3a4b5c6d7e" \
  --header "unstructured-api-key: ${UNSTRUCTURED_API_KEY}"

import os
from unstructured_client import UnstructuredClient
from unstructured_client.models.operations import GetJobRequest

client = UnstructuredClient(
    api_key_auth=os.getenv("UNSTRUCTURED_API_KEY"),
    server_url=os.getenv("UNSTRUCTURED_API_URL"),
)

response = client.jobs.get_job(
    request=GetJobRequest(
        job_id="b2c3d4e5-6f7a-8b9c-0d1e-2f3a4b5c6d7e"
    )
)
print(response)

import asyncio
import os
from unstructured_client import UnstructuredClient
from unstructured_client.models.operations import GetJobRequest

async def get_job():
    client = UnstructuredClient(
        api_key_auth=os.getenv("UNSTRUCTURED_API_KEY"),
        server_url=os.getenv("UNSTRUCTURED_API_URL"),
    )
    response = await client.jobs.get_job_async(
        request=GetJobRequest(
            job_id="b2c3d4e5-6f7a-8b9c-0d1e-2f3a4b5c6d7e"
        )
    )
    print(response)

asyncio.run(get_job())

Response

{
  "id": "b2c3d4e5-6f7a-8b9c-0d1e-2f3a4b5c6d7e",
  "workflow_id": "f0a1b2c3-4d5e-6f7a-8b9c-0d1e2f3a4b5c",
  "workflow_name": "My ETL Workflow",
  "status": "COMPLETED",
  "created_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z",
  "runtime": "PT2M30S",
  "input_file_ids": null,
  "output_node_files": [
    {
      "node_id": "n1a2b3c4-5d6e-7f8a-9b0c-1d2e3f4a5b6c",
      "file_id": "output-001.json",
      "node_type": "destination",
      "node_subtype": "s3"
    }
  ],
  "job_type": "ephemeral"
}

To get current processing information about a job, use the get job details endpoint.

Path parameters

job_id · string · required

The unique identifier of the job.

Response

id · string · required

Unique identifier for the job.

workflow_id · string · required

Unique identifier of the workflow that created this job.

workflow_name · string · required

Name of the workflow that created this job.

status · string · required

Job status. One of: SCHEDULED, IN_PROGRESS, COMPLETED, STOPPED, FAILED.

created_at · string · required

ISO 8601 timestamp when the job was created.

runtime · string

ISO 8601 duration of the job run.

input_file_ids · array

IDs of input files for this job.

output_node_files · array

Output file metadata objects. Each object includes node_id, file_id, node_type, and node_subtype.

job_type · string

Job type. Default: ephemeral.

cURL

curl --request GET \
  --url "${UNSTRUCTURED_API_URL}/api/v1/jobs/b2c3d4e5-6f7a-8b9c-0d1e-2f3a4b5c6d7e" \
  --header "unstructured-api-key: ${UNSTRUCTURED_API_KEY}"

import os
from unstructured_client import UnstructuredClient
from unstructured_client.models.operations import GetJobRequest

client = UnstructuredClient(
    api_key_auth=os.getenv("UNSTRUCTURED_API_KEY"),
    server_url=os.getenv("UNSTRUCTURED_API_URL"),
)

response = client.jobs.get_job(
    request=GetJobRequest(
        job_id="b2c3d4e5-6f7a-8b9c-0d1e-2f3a4b5c6d7e"
    )
)
print(response)

import asyncio
import os
from unstructured_client import UnstructuredClient
from unstructured_client.models.operations import GetJobRequest

async def get_job():
    client = UnstructuredClient(
        api_key_auth=os.getenv("UNSTRUCTURED_API_KEY"),
        server_url=os.getenv("UNSTRUCTURED_API_URL"),
    )
    response = await client.jobs.get_job_async(
        request=GetJobRequest(
            job_id="b2c3d4e5-6f7a-8b9c-0d1e-2f3a4b5c6d7e"
        )
    )
    print(response)

asyncio.run(get_job())

Response

{
  "id": "b2c3d4e5-6f7a-8b9c-0d1e-2f3a4b5c6d7e",
  "workflow_id": "f0a1b2c3-4d5e-6f7a-8b9c-0d1e2f3a4b5c",
  "workflow_name": "My ETL Workflow",
  "status": "COMPLETED",
  "created_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z",
  "runtime": "PT2M30S",
  "input_file_ids": null,
  "output_node_files": [
    {
      "node_id": "n1a2b3c4-5d6e-7f8a-9b0c-1d2e3f4a5b6c",
      "file_id": "output-001.json",
      "node_type": "destination",
      "node_subtype": "s3"
    }
  ],
  "job_type": "ephemeral"
}