---
title: "Service: /members/{member}/tasks/{taskid} [GET]"
source: https://dev.pageseeder.com/api/services/get-task-GET.html
description: "Retrieves a single task from accessible groups using a GET request. Returns task details including comments, assignments, status, and priority. Supports filtering by comment type and group scope."
last_updated: 2026-09-02T11:35:59+10:00
document_type: api_endpoint
operation_id: comment-GET
resource_id: comment
path_template: /members/{member}/tasks/{taskid}
http_method: GET
api_category: comment
implementation_version: 6.2004
api_since: 5.1102
deprecated_since: null
obsolete_since: null
api_support: supported
cache_control: null
generated_at: 2026-09-02
tokens: ~1184
---

# /members/\{member\}/tasks/\{taskid\} \[GET\]

## Description

Load a single [task](../../reference/glossary/task.md) from accessible groups.

> **Note:** The `@status`, `@priority`, `@due` attributes and `<assignedto>` element might not be included if `comments=first` or `none` and the last comment in the task is not loaded.

## Parameters

| Name | Description | Required | Type | Default |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| comments | The comments to include, can be `none`, `first`, `last`, `all`, `archive` | no | string | `all` |
| returngroups | The groups to return in the output, can be `none`, `user`, `all` (administrator only  includes `all` comments) | no | string | `none` |
| tasksize | The maximum number of comments to return per task | no | string | `1000` |
| draft | If `true` include draft comment for current member (might return tasksize + 1) | no | boolean | `false` |

## Permission

Only the member or an administrator can invoke this service and the member must have access to the task.

## Response

When the [task](../elements/element_task.md) is valid, the output has the following format:

```xml

<task id="330" 
      title="Make test the document 1" 
      replycount="0" 
      lastcommentid="335" 
      lastcommentdate="2017-02-23T11:10:42+11:00" 
      status="Open"
      priority="Medium"
      due="2017-02-23T17:00:00+11:00">
  <group id="8" 
         name="pub-a" 
         description="A sample public group" 
         owner="pub" 
         access="public"
         common="false"/>
  <assignedto id="1" 
              firstname="firstName"
              surname="surName" 
              username="userName" 
              status="activated" 
              date="2017-02-23T11:10:42+11:00">
    <fullname>A Complete Name</fullname>
  </assignedto>
  <comment id="330" 
           contentrole="Comment" 
           contentrole="File Attachment"
           created="2017-02-23T11:10:42+11:00"
           status="Open" 
           priority="Medium"
           due="2017-02-23T17:00:00+11:00">
    <title>Make test the document 1</title>
    <author id="1" 
            firstname="firstName" 
            surname="surName" 
            username="userName" 
            status="activated">
      <fullname>A Complete Name</fullname>
    </author>
    <assignedto id="1" 
                firstname="firstName" 
                surname="Akaishi" 
                username="userName"
                status="activated"
                date="2017-02-23T11:10:42+11:00">
      <fullname>A Complete Name</fullname>
    </assignedto>
    <content type="text/plain">Make test the document 1</content>
    <attachment>
      <uri id="91" 
           scheme="http" 
           host="localhost" 
           port="80" 
           path="/ps/pub/a/attachments/2017/02/lista_field-1.odt"
         decodedpath="/ps/pub/a/attachments/2017/02/lista_field-1.odt"
           external="false" 
           mediatype="application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text"
           created="2017-02-23T15:07:53+11:00" 
           modified="2017-02-23T15:07:53+11:00"
           size="13730">
        <displaytitle>lista_field-1.odt</displaytitle>
      </uri>
    </attachment>
  </comment>
  <comment id="334"> ... </comment>
  <comment id="335"> ... </comment>
  <content type="text/plain">Exemplo Task 2</content>
</task>
```

Otherwise returns an error:

```xml

<error id="1316">
  <request>/ps/service/members/surname/tasks/344</request>
  <message>No discussion or reply found with ID 344</message>
</error>
```

By default, all discussions and comments are included.

### Effect of `comments` parameter

If comments is `first`:

```xml

<task id="330" title="Task 2">
  <group id="8" ... common="false"/>
  <comment id="330"> ... </comment>
</task>
```

If comments is `last`:

```xml

<task id="330" title="Task 2">
  <group id="8" ... common="false"/>
  <comment id="335"> ... </comment>
</task>
```

If comments is `archive`:

```xml

<task id="330" title="Task 2">
  <group id="8" ... common="false"/>
  <comment id="330"> ... </comment>
  <comment id="334"> ... </comment>
  <comment id="335"> ... </comment>
  <comment id="336"
           contentrole="archive-File Attachment" 
           created="2017-02-23T15:07:53+11:00" 
           status="Open"
           priority="High" 
           due="2017-02-23T17:00:00+11:00">
    <title>Task 2</title>
    <author id="1" ... > ... </author>
    <modifiedby id="1" ... > ... </modifiedby>
    <assignedto id="1"> ... </assignedto>
    <content type="text/plain">Exemplo Task 2</content>
  </comment>
</task>
```

## Error Handling

| Code | Cause / Description |
| --- | --- |
| 0x1325 | The task or reply was not found |
| 0x0106 | Unable to find matching member |