REST API: GET /task Does Not Return processDefinitionKey

Camunda 7 Topics Discussion & Questions
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It appears that the REST API endpoint GET /task does not return the processDefinitionKey.

However the endpoint GET /history/task does return the processDefinitionKey.

Why isn’t the processDefinitionKey returned from GET /task? This is making things complicated for what I need to do.

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Hi,
It may not retrun the key, but it does return the definition Id. You could then make a call to lookup the key based on the id using this [1] API.

regards

Rob

[1] https://docs.camunda.org/manual/7.6/reference/rest/process-definition/get/

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Thank you for your response. Yes, I understand I can make an additional call to get the key. It would obviously be more convenient to not have to make an additional call. Since the GET /history/task does return the key, I was just wondering if there is some reason that the GET /task can’t also return the key.? If it could do this, it might be a nice enhancement so that the two endpoints are more consistent (and thus more convenient for clients).