---
title: "GET /consumers/{groupid}/instances/{name}/records"
method: GET
path: "/consumers/{groupid}/instances/{name}/records"
tags: ["Consumers"]
---

# GET /consumers/{groupid}/instances/{name}/records

`GET /consumers/{groupid}/instances/{name}/records`

Retrieves records for a subscribed consumer, including message values, topics, and partitions. The request for this operation MUST use the base URL (including the host and port) returned in the response from the `POST` request to `/consumers/{groupid}` that was used to create this consumer.

## Response `200`

Poll request executed successfully.

## Other responses

- `404` — The specified consumer instance was not found.
- `406` — The `format` used in the consumer creation request does not match the embedded format in the Accept header of this request or the bridge got a message from the topic which is not JSON encoded.
- `422` — Response exceeds the maximum number of bytes the consumer can receive.

## Changes

- **2026-05-20** `b8205c8ab4cb` — 8 breaking, 8 info
  - added `subschema #1, subschema #2, subschema #3` to the `items/key` response property `oneOf` list for the response status `200` (media type: application/vnd.kafka.json.v2+json)
  - added `subschema #1, subschema #2, subschema #3` to the `items/key` response property `oneOf` list for the response status `200` (media type: application/vnd.kafka.binary.v2+json)
  - added `subschema #1, subschema #2, subschema #3` to the `items/key` response property `oneOf` list for the response status `200` (media type: application/vnd.kafka.text.v2+json)
  - added `subschema #1, subschema #2, subschema #3` to the `items/key` response property `oneOf` list for the response status `200` (media type: application/vnd.kafka.v2+json)
  - …12 more
- **2025-05-29** `426d9b9215e9` — 4 breaking, 12 info
  - response property `items/value` list-of-types was widened by adding types `null` to media type `application/vnd.kafka.binary.v2+json` of response `200`
  - response property `items/value` list-of-types was widened by adding types `null` to media type `application/vnd.kafka.json.v2+json` of response `200`
  - response property `items/value` list-of-types was widened by adding types `null` to media type `application/vnd.kafka.text.v2+json` of response `200`
  - response property `items/value` list-of-types was widened by adding types `null` to media type `application/vnd.kafka.v2+json` of response `200`
  - …12 more
- …earlier changes not shown

[Full history](https://skmtc.dev/strimzi/apis/http-bridge-api-reference/changes/consumers/:groupid/instances/:name/records/get.md)

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