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ListTasks

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ListTasks - AWS DataSync

Returns a list of the AWS DataSync tasks you created.

Request Syntax

{ "Filters": [ { "Name": "string", "Operator": "string", "Values": [ "string" ] } ], "MaxResults": number, "NextToken": "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.

Filters

You can use API filters to narrow down the list of resources returned by ListTasks. For example, to retrieve all tasks on a specific source location, you can use ListTasks with filter name LocationId and Operator Equals with the ARN for the location.

Type: Array of TaskFilter objects

Required: No

MaxResults

The maximum number of tasks to return.

Type: Integer

Valid Range: Minimum value of 0. Maximum value of 100.

Required: No

NextToken

An opaque string that indicates the position at which to begin the next list of tasks.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 65535.

Pattern: [a-zA-Z0-9=_-]+

Required: No

Response Syntax

{ "NextToken": "string", "Tasks": [ { "Name": "string", "Status": "string", "TaskArn": "string", "TaskMode": "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

An opaque string that indicates the position at which to begin returning the next list of tasks.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 65535.

Pattern: [a-zA-Z0-9=_-]+

Tasks

A list of all the tasks that are returned.

Type: Array of TaskListEntry objects

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

InternalException

This exception is thrown when an error occurs in the AWS DataSync service.

HTTP Status Code: 500

InvalidRequestException

This exception is thrown when the client submits a malformed request.

HTTP Status Code: 400

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:

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