9.2. GET /_active_tasks

MethodGET /_active_tasks
Request None
Response List of running tasks, including the task type, name, status and process ID
Admin Privileges Requiredno
Return Codes
200 Request completed successfully.

You can obtain a list of active tasks by using the /_active_tasks URL. The result is a JSON array of the currently running tasks, with each task being described with a single object. For example:

[
   {
    "pid" : "<0.11599.0>",
    "status" : "Copied 0 of 18369 changes (0%)",
    "task" : "recipes",
    "type" : "Database Compaction"
    }
]

The returned structure includes the following fields for each task:

Table 9.2.  List of Active Tasks

FieldDescription
tasks [array] Active Task
        pid Process ID
        status Task status message
        task Task name
        type Operation Type

For operation type, valid values include: