Your end point is incorrect - you're trying /jobs/ (which gives a list of WFs with high-level info) and not /job/WFID (gives a specific WF and all details). The latter is what you need. Do this: req = urllib2.Request('http://xx.xx.xxx.xx:11000/oozie/v1/job/0000096-151104073848042-oozie-hado-W') (Or use /jobs to iterate over the list of all WFs, calling /job/ID for each item's id field) ... View more