# Why does returning just the ID from a search fails?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-does-returning-just-the-id-from-a-search-fails/276461
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [June 20, 2021, 11:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-does-returning-just-the-id-from-a-search-fails/276461 "2021-06-20T11:20:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Sandra\_Schlichting](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sandra_Schlichting)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2021, 11:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-does-returning-just-the-id-from-a-search-fails/276461/1 "2021-06-20T11:20:16Z")
Dear all =)
Can someone figure out why I am getting
```auto
{"statusCode":400,"error":"Bad Request","message":"[request query.fields]: could not parse array value from json input"}
```
when I search for a specific rule
```auto
base="https://example.com/"
space="myspace"
name="nametest3"
url="${base}s/${space}/api/alerting/rules/_find?per_page=1000&search_fields=name&search=${name}&fields=id"
```
It complains about `fields=id`, but it works when I search for all rules
```auto
base="https://example.com/"
space="myspace"
url="${base}/s/${space}/api/alerting/rules/_find?per_page=1000&fields=name&fields=id"
```
[Link to the API](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/master/find-rules-api.html).
**Question**
What am I doing from in the first case?
Hugs,
Sandra =)
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### Author:  [@azasypkin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/azasypkin)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2021, 9:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-does-returning-just-the-id-from-a-search-fails/276461/2 "2021-06-21T09:24:56Z")
Hey @Sandra_Schlichting ,
I see the request schema for this route requires `fields` to be an array, have you tried something like this?
```bash
curl -X GET -u elastic -g "localhost:5601/s/myspace/api/alerting/rules/_find?per_page=1000&search_fields=name&search=nametest3&fields=[\"id\"]"
```
Best,
Oleg
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### Author:  [@Sandra\_Schlichting](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sandra_Schlichting)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2021, 11:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-does-returning-just-the-id-from-a-search-fails/276461/3 "2021-06-21T11:18:51Z")
That worked. Thanks a lot!! =)
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2021, 11:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-does-returning-just-the-id-from-a-search-fails/276461/4 "2021-07-19T11:19:27Z")
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