---
title: "Get Task Type by Type ID"
slug: "gettasktypebyid"
updated: 2026-04-15T06:36:37Z
published: 2026-04-15T06:36:37Z
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.12dsynergy.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Get Task Type by Type ID

This tutorial demonstrates how to get the task types via the RESTful API.

The commands are provided in curl and can be run from the command prompt when the 12d Synergy Server is running (or in a batch script).

> [!NOTE]
> Additional API documentation
> 
> To get a list of most of the API requests available, with the 12d Synergy server running, browse [http://synergy.myserver.com/api-docs/ui/index](http://localhost:8080/api-docs/ui/index).
> 
> (Replace [synergy.myserver.com](http://synergy.myserver.com/) with the external server address and update the port numbers if necessary.)

### 1.1. Getting the Personal Access Token to access API

The tutorial for getting the PAT is here: [Generate PAT in Web client](/v1/docs/webclientgenerateapersonalaccesstokenpatinwebclientdoc).

### 1.2. Getting the Task Type ID from the List of Task Types

To get the task type ID, you can follow the steps here: [Get Task Types](/v1/docs/gettasktypesdoc)

### 1.3. Getting a Specific Task Type

This request is in the API Documentation under Tasks,****marked 'Get a task type by type_id'.

Once you have the value for task_type_id, include it as a query parameter.

It also should have a get_attributes parameter with a true/false value.

**Sample Request**

```SampleRequest
curl --location 'http://localhost:8080/api/v1/tasks/getTaskType?task_type_id={task-type-id-here}&get_attributes=true' \

--header 'Authorization: Bearer <your-token-here>' \

--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
```

Below is a sample response when getting the task types. Click ![](https://cdn.document360.io/36833d89-59e3-46a5-b491-e9aa1b524a85/Images/Documentation/expand.png) in the line below to see the code.

****Sample Response****

```SampleResponse
{

    "task_type_id": {

        "_id": 1,

        "_server_id": 1,

        "_server_guid": "b993c729-bf98-490c-989d-5621e3b48139",

        "IDString": "1_1"

    },

    "name": "Generic",

    "colour": "#000000",

    "description": "The generic task type",

    "created_by_id": null,

    "create_date_utc": "2024-12-10T01:48:00.287",

    "dependent_task_action": null,

    "start_task_action": null,

    "workflow_id": null,

    "id": {

        "_id": 1,

        "_server_id": 1,

        "_server_guid": "b993c729-bf98-490c-989d-5621e3b48139",

        "IDString": "1_1"

    },

    "attributes": [],

    "Type": 56

}
```