---
title: "Check if data streams have data"
method: GET
path: "/api/fleet/data_streams/data"
tags: ["Data streams"]
---

# Check if data streams have data

`GET /api/fleet/data_streams/data`

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

<div><span class="operation-verb get">get</span>&nbsp;<span class="operation-path">/s/{space_id}/api/fleet/data_streams/data</span></div>

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

Check whether one or more data stream index patterns contain any documents indexed at or after the given start time.<br/><br/>[Required authorization] Route required privileges: fleet-read.

## Query parameters

- `dataStreams` string, required
- `start` string, required

## Response `200`

Successful response

- object
  - `results` object, required — One entry per requested index pattern. `true` when the pattern matched at least one document, `false` when it matched none or the pattern resolved to no index.

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad request

## Changes

> 176 revisions in range; 20 not diffed.

- **2026-09-01** `6fcca8783738` — 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/elastic/apis/kibana-apis/changes/api/fleet/data_streams/data/get.md)

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