ListTasks
Returns a list of tasks. You can filter the results by cluster, task definition family, container instance, launch type, what IAM principal started the task, or by the desired status of the task.
Recently stopped tasks might appear in the returned results.
Request Syntax
{
"cluster": "string
",
"containerInstance": "string
",
"desiredStatus": "string
",
"family": "string
",
"launchType": "string
",
"maxResults": number
,
"nextToken": "string
",
"serviceName": "string
",
"startedBy": "string
"
}
Request Parameters
For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.
The request accepts the following data in JSON format.
- cluster
-
The short name or full Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the cluster to use when filtering the
ListTasks
results. If you do not specify a cluster, the default cluster is assumed.Type: String
Required: No
- containerInstance
-
The container instance ID or full ARN of the container instance to use when filtering the
ListTasks
results. Specifying acontainerInstance
limits the results to tasks that belong to that container instance.Type: String
Required: No
- desiredStatus
-
The task desired status to use when filtering the
ListTasks
results. Specifying adesiredStatus
ofSTOPPED
limits the results to tasks that Amazon ECS has set the desired status toSTOPPED
. This can be useful for debugging tasks that aren't starting properly or have died or finished. The default status filter isRUNNING
, which shows tasks that Amazon ECS has set the desired status toRUNNING
.Note
Although you can filter results based on a desired status of
PENDING
, this doesn't return any results. Amazon ECS never sets the desired status of a task to that value (only a task'slastStatus
may have a value ofPENDING
).Type: String
Valid Values:
RUNNING | PENDING | STOPPED
Required: No
- family
-
The name of the task definition family to use when filtering the
ListTasks
results. Specifying afamily
limits the results to tasks that belong to that family.Type: String
Required: No
- launchType
-
The launch type to use when filtering the
ListTasks
results.Type: String
Valid Values:
EC2 | FARGATE | EXTERNAL
Required: No
- maxResults
-
The maximum number of task results that
ListTasks
returned in paginated output. When this parameter is used,ListTasks
only returnsmaxResults
results in a single page along with anextToken
response element. The remaining results of the initial request can be seen by sending anotherListTasks
request with the returnednextToken
value. This value can be between 1 and 100. If this parameter isn't used, thenListTasks
returns up to 100 results and anextToken
value if applicable.Type: Integer
Required: No
- nextToken
-
The
nextToken
value returned from aListTasks
request indicating that more results are available to fulfill the request and further calls will be needed. IfmaxResults
was provided, it's possible the number of results to be fewer thanmaxResults
.Note
This token should be treated as an opaque identifier that is only used to retrieve the next items in a list and not for other programmatic purposes.
Type: String
Required: No
- serviceName
-
The name of the service to use when filtering the
ListTasks
results. Specifying aserviceName
limits the results to tasks that belong to that service.Type: String
Required: No
- startedBy
-
The
startedBy
value to filter the task results with. Specifying astartedBy
value limits the results to tasks that were started with that value.When you specify
startedBy
as the filter, it must be the only filter that you use.Type: String
Required: No
Response Syntax
{
"nextToken": "string",
"taskArns": [ "string" ]
}
Response Elements
If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.
The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.
- nextToken
-
The
nextToken
value to include in a futureListTasks
request. When the results of aListTasks
request exceedmaxResults
, this value can be used to retrieve the next page of results. This value isnull
when there are no more results to return.Type: String
- taskArns
-
The list of task ARN entries for the
ListTasks
request.Type: Array of strings
Errors
For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.
- ClientException
-
These errors are usually caused by a client action. This client action might be using an action or resource on behalf of a user that doesn't have permissions to use the action or resource. Or, it might be specifying an identifier that isn't valid.
The following list includes additional causes for the error:
-
The
RunTask
could not be processed because you use managed scaling and there is a capacity error because the quota of tasks in thePROVISIONING
per cluster has been reached. For information about the service quotas, see Amazon ECS service quotas.
HTTP Status Code: 400
-
- ClusterNotFoundException
-
The specified cluster wasn't found. You can view your available clusters with ListClusters. Amazon ECS clusters are Region specific.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- InvalidParameterException
-
The specified parameter isn't valid. Review the available parameters for the API request.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- ServerException
-
These errors are usually caused by a server issue.
HTTP Status Code: 500
- ServiceNotFoundException
-
The specified service wasn't found. You can view your available services with ListServices. Amazon ECS services are cluster specific and Region specific.
HTTP Status Code: 400
Examples
In the following example or examples, the Authorization header contents
(AUTHPARAMS
) must be replaced with an AWS Signature Version 4
signature. For more information, see Signature
Version 4 Signing Process in the
AWS General
Reference.
You only need to learn how to sign HTTP requests if you intend to
create them manually. When you use the AWS Command Line Interface
Example
This example request lists all of the tasks in the default cluster.
Sample Request
POST / HTTP/1.1
Host: ecs.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
Accept-Encoding: identity
Content-Length: 2
X-Amz-Target: AmazonEC2ContainerServiceV20141113.ListTasks
X-Amz-Date: 20150429T192615Z
Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.1
Authorization: AUTHPARAMS
{}
Sample Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: Server
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 19:26:16 GMT
Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.1
Content-Length: 330
Connection: keep-alive
x-amzn-RequestId: 123a4b56-7c89-01d2-3ef4-example5678f
{
"taskArns": [
"arn:aws:ecs:us-east-1:012345678910:task/0b69d5c0-d655-4695-98cd-5d2d526d9d5a",
"arn:aws:ecs:us-east-1:012345678910:task/51a01bdf-d00e-487e-ab14-7645330b6207",
"arn:aws:ecs:us-east-1:012345678910:task/b0b28bb8-2be3-4810-b52b-88df129d893c",
"arn:aws:ecs:us-east-1:012345678910:task/c09f0188-7f87-4b0f-bfc3-16296622b6fe"
]
}
See Also
For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following: