openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Wistia Background Job Status API
  version: '1.0'
  description: 'Operations tagged Background Job Status across 3 of this provider''s published API definitions: wistia-data-api-2026-01-openapi.yml, wistia-data-api-modern-edge-openapi.yml, wistia-data-api-v1-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://api.wistia.com/modern
- url: https://api.wistia.com/v1
tags:
- name: Background Job Status
  x-wistia-mcp-toolsets: account
  x-displayName: Background Job Status
paths:
  /background_job_status/{backgroundJobStatusId}:
    get:
      summary: Show Background Job Status
      description: 'Retrieves the status of a background job.


        <!--- HIDE-MCP -->

        ## Requires api token with one of the following permissions

        ```

        Read all data

        ```

        <!--- /HIDE-MCP -->

        '
      parameters:
      - name: backgroundJobStatusId
        in: path
        description: The numeric ID of the background job
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                unevaluatedProperties: false
                type: object
                properties:
                  background_job_status:
                    unevaluatedProperties: false
                    type: object
                    description: 'A background job keeps track of the progress of an asynchronous task, e.g

                      bulk archiving media, translating media, etc.

                      '
                    properties:
                      id:
                        description: The ID of the background job that's been queued for the request.
                        type: integer
                      status:
                        description: The status of the background job that's been queued for the request.
                        type: string
                        enum:
                        - queued
                        - started
                        - finished
                        - failed
                    required:
                    - id
                    - status
                required:
                - background_job_status
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized, invalid or missing token
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                unevaluatedProperties: false
                type: object
                properties:
                  code:
                    description: A machine-readable identifier for the specific authorization failure.
                    type: string
                    enum:
                    - unauthorized_credentials
                    - account_inactive
                    - unauthorized_scope
                    - unauthorized_params
                  error:
                    type: string
                    examples:
                    - Invalid credentials.
        '404':
          description: Resource not found
        '500':
          description: Internal server error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                unevaluatedProperties: false
                type: object
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: string
                    examples:
                    - Internal server error
      tags:
      - Background Job Status
      security:
      - BearerAuth: []
    servers:
    - url: https://api.wistia.com/modern
components:
  responses:
    404-2:
      description: Resource not found
    '500':
      description: Internal server error
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              error:
                type: string
                examples:
                - Internal server error
    '401':
      description: Unauthorized, invalid or missing token
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              error:
                type: string
                examples:
                - Invalid credentials.
  schemas:
    BackgroundJobStatus:
      type: object
      description: Status of the background job.
      properties:
        id:
          description: The ID of the background job that's been queued for the request.
          type: integer
        status:
          description: The status of the background job that's been queued for the request.
          type: string
          enum:
          - queued
          - started
          - finished
          - failed
      required:
      - id
      - status
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
x-refined-from:
- wistia-data-api-2026-01-openapi.yml
- wistia-data-api-modern-edge-openapi.yml
- wistia-data-api-v1-openapi.yml