# I'm a back end developer in .NET/C# that was given the task of calling the Matillion API to get task status information and history for a reporting dashboard. and I need help understanding some Matillion terms for URLs - can anyone help?

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**Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 12:44pm UTC](https://matillioncommunity.discourse.group/t/im-a-back-end-developer-in-net-c-that-was-given-the-task-of-calling-the-matillion-api-to-get-task-status-information-and-history-for-a-reporting-dashboard-and-i-need-help-understanding-some-matillion-terms-for-urls-can-anyone-help/1412/4 "2021-08-26T12:44:14Z")

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The API allows you to grab the history as of a date, so that would limit the amount of data in the json - maybe limit it to a date since the last check. (see DirkZ response to this post from a couple of months ago: [https://matillioncommunity.discourse.group/t/in-matillion-we-have-a-task-history-which-is-really-having-detailed-data-is-there-any-way-i-can-use-those-data-and-trigger-an-email-like-failure-jobs-task-history-or-some-specific-job-task-history-curious-to-know-any-suggestions-please/1372](https://matillioncommunity.discourse.group/t/in-matillion-we-have-a-task-history-which-is-really-having-detailed-data-is-there-any-way-i-can-use-those-data-and-trigger-an-email-like-failure-jobs-task-history-or-some-specific-job-task-history-curious-to-know-any-suggestions-please/1372))

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