---
title: "Find backfills for rules"
method: POST
path: "/api/alerting/rules/backfill/_find"
tags: ["alerting"]
---

# Find backfills for rules

`POST /api/alerting/rules/backfill/_find`

**Spaces method and path for this operation:**

<div><span class="operation-verb post">post</span>&nbsp;<span class="operation-path">/s/{space_id}/api/alerting/rules/backfill/_find</span></div>

Refer to [Spaces](https://www.elastic.co/docs/deploy-manage/manage-spaces) for more information.

## Query parameters

- `end` string
- `page` number
- `per_page` number
- `rule_ids` string
- `initiator` 'user' | 'system'
- `start` string
- `sort_field` 'createdAt' | 'start'
- `sort_order` 'asc' | 'desc'

## Headers

- `kbn-xsrf` string, required

## Response `200`

Indicates a successful call.

- KibanaHTTPAPIsFindBackfillResponse
  - `data` KibanaHTTPAPIsBackfillResponse[], required
    - `created_at` string, required
    - `duration` string, required
    - `enabled` boolean, required
    - `end` string
    - `id` string, required
    - `initiator` 'user' | 'system', required
    - `initiator_id` string
    - `rule` object, required
      - `api_key_created_by_user` boolean, nullable
      - `api_key_owner` string, nullable
      - `consumer` string, required
      - `created_at` string, required
      - `created_by` string, nullable
      - `enabled` boolean, required
      - `id` string, required
      - `name` string, required
      - `params` object, required — The parameters for the rule.
      - `revision` number, required
      - `rule_type_id` string, required
      - `schedule` object, required
        - `interval` string, required
      - `tags` string[], required
      - `updated_at` string, required
      - `updated_by` string, nullable
    - `schedule` object[], required
      - `interval` string, required
      - `run_at` string, required
      - `status` 'complete' | 'pending' | 'running' | 'error' | 'timeout', required
    - `space_id` string, required
    - `start` string, required
    - `status` 'complete' | 'pending' | 'running' | 'error' | 'timeout', required
  - `page` number, required
  - `per_page` number, required
  - `total` number, required

## Other responses

- `400` — Indicates an invalid schema or parameters.
- `403` — Indicates that this call is forbidden.

---

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