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[[get-query-rule]]
=== Get query rule

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<titleabbrev>Get query rule</titleabbrev>
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For the most up-to-date API details, refer to {api-es}/group/endpoint-query_rules[Query rules APIs].
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Retrieves information about an individual query rule within a query ruleset.

[[get-query-rule-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

`GET _query_rules/<ruleset_id>/_rule/<rule_id>`

[[get-query-rule-prereq]]
==== {api-prereq-title}

Requires the `manage_search_query_rules` privilege.

[[get-query-rule-path-params]]
==== {api-path-parms-title}

`<ruleset_id>`::
(Required, string)

`<rule_id>`::
(Required, string)

[[get-query-rule-response-codes]]
==== {api-response-codes-title}

`400`::
Missing `ruleset_id` or `rule_id`, or both.

`404` (Missing resources)::
Either no query ruleset matching `ruleset_id` could be found, or no rule matching `rule_id` could be found within that ruleset.

[[get-query-rule-example]]
==== {api-examples-title}

The following example gets the query rule with ID `my-rule1` from the ruleset named `my-ruleset`:

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[source,console]
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PUT _query_rules/my-ruleset
{
    "rules": [
        {
            "rule_id": "my-rule1",
            "type": "pinned",
            "criteria": [
                {
                    "type": "contains",
                    "metadata": "query_string",
                    "values": [ "pugs", "puggles" ]
                }
            ],
            "actions": {
                "ids": [
                    "id1",
                    "id2"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "rule_id": "my-rule2",
            "type": "pinned",
            "criteria": [
                {
                    "type": "fuzzy",
                    "metadata": "query_string",
                    "values": [ "rescue dogs" ]
                }
            ],
            "actions": {
                "docs": [
                    {
                        "_index": "index1",
                        "_id": "id3"
                    },
                    {
                        "_index": "index2",
                        "_id": "id4"
                    }
                ]
            }
        }
    ]
}
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// TESTSETUP

[source,console]
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DELETE _query_rules/my-ruleset
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// TEARDOWN

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[source,console]
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GET _query_rules/my-ruleset/_rule/my-rule1
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A sample response:

[source,console-result]
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{
    "rule_id": "my-rule1",
    "type": "pinned",
    "criteria": [
        {
            "type": "contains",
            "metadata": "query_string",
            "values": [ "pugs", "puggles" ]
        }
    ],
    "actions": {
        "ids": [
            "id1",
            "id2"
        ]
    }
}
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