**Description**

I have noticed that the stable REST API doesn't have the ability to run a task (which is possible from the airflow web interface.
I think it would be nice to have either:
- Run task 
- Run all failing tasks (rerun from point of failure)
this ability for integrations.

**Use case / motivation**

I would like the ability to identify the failing tasks on a specific DAG Run and rerun only them.
I would like to do it remotely (non-interactive) using the REST API.
I could write a script that run only the failing tasks, but I couldn't find a way to "Run" a task, when I have the task instance ID.

**Are you willing to submit a PR?**

Not at this stage

**Related Issues**



airflow/models/dag.py
:param rerun_failed_tasks:
        :type: bool
        :param run_backwards:
        :type: bool
        """
        from airflow.jobs.backfill_job import BackfillJob
        if not executor and local:
            from airflow.executors.local_executor import LocalExecutor
            executor = LocalExecutor()
        elif not executor:
            from airflow.executors.executor_loader import ExecutorLoader
            executor = ExecutorLoader.get_default_executor()
        job = BackfillJob(
            self,
            start_date=start_date,
            end_date=end_date,
            mark_success=mark_success,
            executor=executor,
            donot_pickle=donot_pickle,
            ignore_task_deps=ignore_task_deps,
            ignore_first_depends_on_past=ignore_first_depends_on_past,
            pool=pool,
            delay_on_limit_secs=delay_on_limit_secs,
            verbose=verbose,
            conf=conf,
            rerun_failed_tasks=rerun_failed_tasks,
            run_backwards=run_backwards,
        )
        job.run()
    def cli(self):