elasticsearch/docs/java-rest/high-level/document/multi-get.asciidoc

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:api: multi-get
:request: MultiGetRequest
:response: MultiGetResponse
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[id="{upid}-{api}"]
=== Multi-Get API

The `multiGet` API executes multiple <<java-rest-high-document-get,`get`>>
requests in a single http request in parallel.

[id="{upid}-{api}-request"]
==== Multi-Get Request

A +{request}+ is built empty and you add `MultiGetRequest.Item`s to configure
what to fetch:

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-request]
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<1> Index
<2> Type
<3> Document id
<4> Add another item to fetch

==== Optional arguments

`multiGet` supports the same optional arguments that the
<<java-rest-high-document-get-request-optional-arguments,`get` API>> supports.
You can set most of these on the `Item`:

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-request-no-source]
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<1> Disable source retrieval, enabled by default

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-request-source-include]
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<1> Configure source inclusion for specific fields

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-request-source-exclude]
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<1> Configure source exclusion for specific fields

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-request-stored]
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<1> Configure retrieval for specific stored fields (requires fields to be
stored separately in the mappings)
<2> Retrieve the `foo` stored field (requires the field to be stored
separately in the mappings)

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-request-item-extras]
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<1> Routing value
<2> Version
<3> Version type

{ref}/search-request-preference.html[`preference`],
{ref}/docs-get.html#realtime[`realtime`]
and
{ref}/docs-get.html#get-refresh[`refresh`] can be set on the main request but
not on any items:

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-request-top-level-extras]
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<1> Preference value
<2> Set realtime flag to `false` (`true` by default)
<3> Perform a refresh before retrieving the document (`false` by default)

include::../execution.asciidoc[]

[id="{upid}-{api}-response"]
==== Multi Get Response

The returned +{response}+ contains a list of `MultiGetItemResponse`s in
`getResponses` in the same order that they were requested.
`MultiGetItemResponse` contains *either* a
<<java-rest-high-document-get-response, `GetResponse`>> if the get succeeded
or a `MultiGetResponse.Failure` if it failed. A success looks just like a
normal `GetResponse`.

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-response]
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<1> `getFailure` returns null because there isn't a failure.
<2> `getResponse` returns the `GetResponse`.
<3> Retrieve the document as a `String`
<4> Retrieve the document as a `Map<String, Object>`
<5> Retrieve the document as a `byte[]`
<6> Handle the scenario where the document was not found. Note that although
the returned response has `404` status code, a valid `GetResponse` is
returned rather than an exception thrown. Such response does not hold any
source document and its `isExists` method returns `false`.

When one of the subrequests as performed against an index that does not exist
`getFailure` will contain an exception:

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-indexnotfound]
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<1> `getResponse` is null.
<2> `getFailure` isn't and contains an `Exception`.
<3> That `Exception` is actually an `ElasticsearchException`
<4> and it has a status of `NOT_FOUND`. It'd have been an HTTP 404 if this
wasn't a multi get.
<5> `getMessage` explains the actual cause, `no such index`.

In case a specific document version has been requested, and the existing
document has a different version number, a version conflict is raised:

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-conflict]
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<1> `getResponse` is null.
<2> `getFailure` isn't and contains an `Exception`.
<3> That `Exception` is actuall and `ElasticsearchException`
<4> and it has a status of `CONFLICT`. It'd have been an HTTP 409 if this
wasn't a multi get.
<5> `getMessage` explains the actual cause, `