# I am using Matillion API through Postman to get Task History of Matillion instance. I am not getting expected response as mentioned in the Matillion API documentation instead i am getting some html code with status code 200 in response

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**Category:** Matillion ETL\
**Created:** [February 15, 2023, 6:03am UTC](https://matillioncommunity.discourse.group/t/i-am-using-matillion-api-through-postman-to-get-task-history-of-matillion-instance-i-am-not-getting-expected-response-as-mentioned-in-the-matillion-api-documentation-instead-i-am-getting-some-html-code-with-status-code-200-in-response/2061 "2023-02-15T06:03:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![rachana.somwanshi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e56c9b/32.png) [@rachana.somwanshi](https://matillioncommunity.discourse.group/u/rachana.somwanshi)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2023, 6:03am UTC](https://matillioncommunity.discourse.group/t/i-am-using-matillion-api-through-postman-to-get-task-history-of-matillion-instance-i-am-not-getting-expected-response-as-mentioned-in-the-matillion-api-documentation-instead-i-am-getting-some-html-code-with-status-code-200-in-response/2061/1 "2023-02-15T06:03:48Z")

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Expected result - https://documentation.matillion.com/docs/2972278

Postman Request sent -

Postman URI- https://\<InstanceAddress\>/rest/v1/group/name/\<groupName\>/project/name/\<projectName\>/task/history

and Authorization Basic Auth -Username, Password.

Do i need to provide anything else in the request? Let me know if i am missing something.

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**Author:** ![AnudeepK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@AnudeepK](https://matillioncommunity.discourse.group/u/AnudeepK)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 8:24pm UTC](https://matillioncommunity.discourse.group/t/i-am-using-matillion-api-through-postman-to-get-task-history-of-matillion-instance-i-am-not-getting-expected-response-as-mentioned-in-the-matillion-api-documentation-instead-i-am-getting-some-html-code-with-status-code-200-in-response/2061/2 "2023-02-16T20:24:00Z")

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What is the instance address you are using? Matillion internally has its own instanceIP for Metadata management. You can try using 127.0.0.1:8080 for Instance address.