Fail Task - API

/rest/tasks/failTask

Descriptor	Value
HTTP Method	POST
Description	Marks a task as failed, to complete it without a file upload.
Required Permission	Manage Scan Agents
Version Introduced	2.4.0

Request Header Parameters

Parameter	Value	Required	Description
Accept	String	Yes	A value of ‘application/json’ must be provided.

Request POST Data Parameters

Parameter	Value	Required	Description
scanQueueTaskId	Integer	Yes	ID for the Scan Agent Task to mark as failed.
message	String	Yes	A message to provide as the reason for the failure. Viewable from the Scan Agent Tasks page.
scanAgentSecureKey	String	Yes	A Secure Scan Agent Key obtained from the “Request Scan Agent Key” call. Must be the same one used to assign the Task from the queue.
secureTaskKey	String	Yes	The Secure Task Key that was returned when the Task was assigned from the queue.

Sample Call:

curl --insecure -H 'Accept: application/json' -X POST --data 'scanQueueTaskId=3&message=Just because&scanAgentSecureKey=yMFCvtcmBtAARYS5QX8x54zvMruNLIvNMzqMI44K4JG8&secureTaskKey=AOA8veR8QNrSTgm2mzcTxmfoHj1iF0fQVoInXNuZE' http://localhost:8080/threadfix/rest/tasks/failTask?apiKey={apiKey}

Sample Output:

{
    "message": "",
    "success": true,
    "responseCode": -1,
    "object": "ScanAgent reported that the scan task: 3 had failed client-side for the following reason: Just because"
}