CVAT

CVAT Tasks API

Annotation tasks holding media data and annotations.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 21

GET /api/tasks List tasks #
POST /api/tasks Create a task #
GET /api/tasks/{id} Get task details #
PATCH /api/tasks/{id} Update a task #
DELETE /api/tasks/{id} Delete a task #
GET /api/tasks/{id}/annotations/ Get task annotations #
POST /api/tasks/{id}/annotations/ Import annotations into a task #
PUT /api/tasks/{id}/annotations/ Replace task annotations #
PATCH /api/tasks/{id}/annotations/ Update task annotations #
DELETE /api/tasks/{id}/annotations/ Delete task annotations #
POST /api/tasks/{id}/backup/export Initiate process to backup resource #
GET /api/tasks/{id}/data/ Get data of a task #
POST /api/tasks/{id}/data/ Attach data to a task #
GET /api/tasks/{id}/data/meta Get metainformation for media files in a task #
PATCH /api/tasks/{id}/data/meta Update metainformation for media files in a task #
POST /api/tasks/{id}/dataset/export Initialize process to export resource as a dataset in a specific format #
GET /api/tasks/{id}/preview Get a preview image for a task #
GET /api/tasks/{id}/status Get the creation status of a task #
GET /api/tasks/{id}/validation_layout Allows getting current validation configuration #
PATCH /api/tasks/{id}/validation_layout Allows updating current validation configuration #
POST /api/tasks/backup/ Recreate a task from a backup #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://docs.cvat.ai/docs/api_sdk/api/
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APIReference
https://app.cvat.ai/api/docs/
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Documentation
https://docs.cvat.ai/docs/api_sdk/sdk/reference/apis/tasks-api/
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Documentation
https://docs.cvat.ai/docs/api_sdk/sdk/reference/apis/jobs-api/

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cvat/refs/heads/main/openapi/cvat-tasks-api-openapi.yml

Other Resources

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PostmanCollection
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cvat/refs/heads/main/collections/cvat.postman_collection.json
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OpenCollection
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cvat/refs/heads/main/collections/cvat.opencollection.json
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GitHub
https://github.com/cvat-ai/cvat

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OpenAPI Specification

cvat-tasks-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: CVAT REST Tasks API
  version: 2.79.0 (2.0)
  description: REST API for Computer Vision Annotation Tool (CVAT)
  termsOfService: https://www.google.com/policies/terms/
  contact:
    name: CVAT.ai team
    url: https://github.com/cvat-ai/cvat
    email: support@cvat.ai
  license:
    name: MIT License
    url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License
tags:


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