---
search:
  tags:
    - Ingestion Rules
    - GET
seo:
  description: >-
    Files the rule matches that no rule's trigger has run on.… Reference for the
    GET /v1/ingestion-rules/{rule_id}/existing-files endpoint in the Roboto REST
    API.
sidebar:
  label: Preview existing files
  badge: GET
title: Preview existing files
type: openapi-operation
---
Files the rule matches that no rule's trigger has run on. Only org admins, who can ingest them, get their
paths: the files may sit in datasets a member cannot open.

### Access control
 - requires_org
 - Restricted tokens need the API scope `api.everything_else`

`GET /v1/ingestion-rules/{rule_id}/existing-files`