--- title: "Get Task Types" slug: "gettasktypes" updated: 2026-04-15T06:25:27Z published: 2026-04-15T06:25:27Z --- > ## 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 Types 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 a Task Type This request is in the API Documentation under **Tasks**marked 'Get task types'. It also should have a get_attributes parameter with a true/false value. **Sample Request** ```SampleRequest curl --location 'http://localhost:8080/api/v1/tasks/getTaskTypes?get_attributes=false' \ --header 'Authorization: Bearer ' \ --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 }, { "task_type_id": { "_id": 2, "_server_id": 1, "_server_guid": "b993c729-bf98-490c-989d-5621e3b48139", "IDString": "2_1" }, "name": "Sync", "colour": "#000000", "description": "Task type for sync tool", "created_by_id": { "_id": 1, "_server_id": 1, "_server_guid": "b993c729-bf98-490c-989d-5621e3b48139", "IDString": "1_1" }, "create_date_utc": "2024-12-13T01:52:38.743", "dependent_task_action": null, "start_task_action": null, "workflow_id": null, "id": { "_id": 2, "_server_id": 1, "_server_guid": "b993c729-bf98-490c-989d-5621e3b48139", "IDString": "2_1" }, "attributes": [], "Type": 56 }, { "task_type_id": { "_id": 3, "_server_id": 1, "_server_guid": "b993c729-bf98-490c-989d-5621e3b48139", "IDString": "3_1" }, "name": "Sync User", "colour": "#000000", "description": "Task type for sync tool, used for individual syncs", "created_by_id": { "_id": 1, "_server_id": 1, "_server_guid": "b993c729-bf98-490c-989d-5621e3b48139", "IDString": "1_1" }, "create_date_utc": "2024-12-13T01:52:38.817", "dependent_task_action": null, "start_task_action": null, "workflow_id": null, "id": { "_id": 3, "_server_id": 1, "_server_guid": "b993c729-bf98-490c-989d-5621e3b48139", "IDString": "3_1" }, "attributes": [], "Type": 56 } ] ```