Describe a task

A Batch job consists of one or several tasks. This sample retrieves the name and detailed status info for a given task.

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Code sample

C++

For more information, see the Batch C++ API reference documentation.

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#include "google/cloud/batch/v1/batch_client.h"

  [](std::string const& project_id, std::string const& location_id,
     std::string const& job_id, std::string const& group_id,
     std::string const& task_number) {
    auto const name = "projects/" + project_id + "/locations/" + location_id +
                      "/jobs/" + job_id + "/taskGroups/" + group_id +
                      "/tasks/" + task_number;
    // Initialize a client and issue the request.
    auto client = google::cloud::batch_v1::BatchServiceClient(
        google::cloud::batch_v1::MakeBatchServiceConnection());
    auto response = client.GetTask(name);
    if (!response) throw std::move(response).status();
    std::cout << "GetTask() succeeded with " << response->DebugString() << "\n";
  }

Go

For more information, see the Batch Go API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Batch, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

	batch "cloud.google.com/go/batch/apiv1"
	"cloud.google.com/go/batch/apiv1/batchpb"
)

// Retrieves the information about the specified job, most importantly its status
func getTask(w io.Writer, projectID, region, jobName, taskGroup string, taskNumber int32) error {
	// projectID := "your_project_id"
	// region := "us-central1"
	// jobName := "some-job"
	// taskGroup := "group0" // defaults to "group0" on job creation unless overridden
	// taskNumber := 0

	ctx := context.Background()
	batchClient, err := batch.NewClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("NewClient: %w", err)
	}
	defer batchClient.Close()

	req := &batchpb.GetTaskRequest{
		Name: fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/locations/%s/jobs/%s/taskGroups/%s/tasks/%d",
			projectID, region, jobName, taskGroup, taskNumber),
	}

	response, err := batchClient.GetTask(ctx, req)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("unable to get task: %w", err)
	}

	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Task info: %v\n", response)

	return nil
}

Java

For more information, see the Batch Java API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Batch, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import com.google.cloud.batch.v1.BatchServiceClient;
import com.google.cloud.batch.v1.Task;
import com.google.cloud.batch.v1.TaskName;
import java.io.IOException;

public class GetTask {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    // Project ID or project number of the Cloud project you want to use.
    String projectId = "YOUR_PROJECT_ID";
    // Name of the region hosts the job.
    String region = "europe-central2";
    // The name of the job you want to retrieve information about.
    String jobName = "JOB_NAME";
    // The name of the group that owns the task you want to check. Usually it's `group0`.
    String groupName = "group0";
    // Number of the task you want to look up.
    int taskNumber = 0;

    getTask(projectId, region, jobName, groupName, taskNumber);
  }

  // Retrieve information about a Task.
  public static void getTask(String projectId, String region, String jobName, String groupName,
      int taskNumber) throws IOException {
    // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only needs to be created
    // once, and can be reused for multiple requests. After completing all of your requests, call
    // the `batchServiceClient.close()` method on the client to safely
    // clean up any remaining background resources.
    try (BatchServiceClient batchServiceClient = BatchServiceClient.create()) {

      Task task = batchServiceClient.getTask(TaskName.newBuilder()
          .setProject(projectId)
          .setLocation(region)
          .setJob(jobName)
          .setTaskGroup(groupName)
          .setTask(String.valueOf(taskNumber))
          .build());
      System.out.printf("Retrieved task information: %s", task.getName());
    }
  }
}

Node.js

For more information, see the Batch Node.js API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Batch, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

/**
 * TODO(developer): Uncomment and replace these variables before running the sample.
 */
// const projectId = 'YOUR_PROJECT_ID';
/**
 * The region that hosts the job.
 */
// const region = 'us-central-1';
/**
 * The name of the job you want to retrieve information about.
 */
// const jobName = 'YOUR_JOB_NAME';
/**
 * The name of the group that owns the task you want to check.
 * Usually it's `group0`.
 */
// const groupName = 'group0';
/**
 * The number of the task you want to look up.
 */
// const taskNumber = 0;

// Imports the Batch library
const batchLib = require('@google-cloud/batch');

// Instantiates a client
const batchClient = new batchLib.v1.BatchServiceClient();

async function callGetJob() {
  // Construct request
  const request = {
    name:
      `projects/${projectId}/locations/${region}/jobs/${jobName}` +
      `/taskGroups/${groupName}/tasks/${taskNumber}`,
  };

  // Run request
  const response = await batchClient.getTask(request);
  console.log(response);
}

await callGetJob();

Python

For more information, see the Batch Python API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Batch, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.


from google.cloud import batch_v1


def get_task(
    project_id: str, region: str, job_name: str, group_name: str, task_number: int
) -> batch_v1.Task:
    """
    Retrieve information about a Task.

    Args:
        project_id: project ID or project number of the Cloud project you want to use.
        region: name of the region hosts the job.
        job_name: the name of the job you want to retrieve information about.
        group_name: the name of the group that owns the task you want to check. Usually it's `group0`.
        task_number: number of the task you want to look up.

    Returns:
        A Task object representing the specified task.
    """
    client = batch_v1.BatchServiceClient()

    return client.get_task(
        name=f"projects/{project_id}/locations/{region}/jobs/{job_name}"
        f"/taskGroups/{group_name}/tasks/{task_number}"
    )

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