Fetch a Midjourney task
Use CometAPI GET /mj/task//fetch to retrieve a single Midjourney task status quickly and reliably for monitoring and result polling.
Check these fields first
statusfor the overall task stateprogressfor the current completion signalimageUrlorvideoUrlwhen the asset is readybuttonsfor the next availablecustomIdvalues
Polling rules
- Keep polling until the task reaches
SUCCESS,MODAL, orFAILURE - Treat the
buttonsarray as the source of truth for follow-up actions - Use
imageUrlwhen you need the finished grid or upscale result
Authorizations
Bearer token authentication. Use your CometAPI key.
Path Parameters
Midjourney task id.
Response
Current task state.
Task id.
Stable CometAPI-proxied image link (https://api.cometapi.com/mj/image/{id}). Prefer this link; entries in image_urls point at provider storage and can expire.
Task lifecycle state: NOT_START, SUBMITTED, IN_PROGRESS, SUCCESS, or FAILURE.
Progress percentage string such as 58% while the task runs and 100% when finished.
Action buttons available on the finished task. Send a button's customId together with this task's id to /mj/submit/action to upscale, vary, zoom, or pan.
Task type: IMAGINE, UPSCALE, VARIATION, DESCRIBE, BLEND, VIDEO, or another action name.
Button customId that created this task, when the task came from an action.
Bot that handled the task, MID_JOURNEY or NIJI_JOURNEY, when reported.
Original prompt as submitted.
Prompt after translation to the provider language. For DESCRIBE tasks, the extracted prompt suggestions arrive here.
Human-readable submission status message.
Custom state string echoed back from the submission for your own tracking.
Submission time as a Unix timestamp in milliseconds.
Processing start time as a Unix timestamp in milliseconds.
Completion time as a Unix timestamp in milliseconds.
Generated video link for VIDEO tasks.
Failure reason when status is FAILURE.
Mask attached to the task when a region edit created it.
Additional task metadata, such as finalPrompt.