---
title: "POST /consumers/{groupid}/instances/{name}/positions/beginning"
method: POST
path: "/consumers/{groupid}/instances/{name}/positions/beginning"
tags: ["Seek", "Consumers"]
---

# POST /consumers/{groupid}/instances/{name}/positions/beginning

`POST /consumers/{groupid}/instances/{name}/positions/beginning`

Configures a subscribed consumer to seek (and subsequently read from) the first offset in one or more given topic partitions.

## Response `204`

Seek to the beginning performed successfully.

## Other responses

- `404` — The specified consumer instance was not found, or the specified consumer instance did not have one of the specified partitions assigned.

## Changes

- **2025-05-29** `426d9b9215e9` — 1 info
  - added the optional property `validation_errors` to the response with the `404` status
- **2019-05-27** `574cafef42d9` — 2 breaking, 4 info
  - added required request body
  - removed the success response with the status `200`
  - api tag `Consumers` added
  - api tag `Seek` added
  - …2 more
- **2019-05-21** `c10758b73ea6` — 2 breaking, 4 info
  - removed the request body
  - removed the success response with the status `204`
  - api tag `Consumers` removed
  - api tag `Seek` removed
  - …2 more

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/strimzi/apis/http-bridge-api-reference/changes/consumers/:groupid/instances/:name/positions/beginning/post.md)

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