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

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:api: get
:request: GetRequest
:response: GetResponse
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[id="{upid}-{api}"]
=== Get API

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

A +{request}+ requires the following arguments:

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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<1> Index
<2> Document id

[id="{upid}-{api}-request-optional-arguments"]
==== Optional arguments
The following arguments can optionally be provided:

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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 `message` 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-routing]
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<1> Routing value

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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-request-preference]
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<1> Preference value

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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-request-realtime]
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<1> Set realtime flag to `false` (`true` by default)

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-request-refresh]
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<1> Perform a refresh before retrieving the document (`false` by default)

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-request-version]
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<1> Version

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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-request-version-type]
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<1> Version type

include::../execution.asciidoc[]

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

The returned +{response}+ allows to retrieve the requested document along with
its metadata and eventually stored fields.

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<1> Retrieve the document as a `String`
<2> Retrieve the document as a `Map<String, Object>`
<3> Retrieve the document as a `byte[]`
<4> Handle the scenario where the document was not found. Note that although
the returned response has `404` status code, a valid +{response}+ is
returned rather than an exception thrown. Such response does not hold any
source document and its `isExists` method returns `false`.

When a get request is performed against an index that does not exist, the
response has `404` status code, an `ElasticsearchException` gets thrown
which needs to be handled as follows:

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<1> Handle the exception thrown because the index does not exist

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

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<1> The raised exception indicates that a version conflict error was returned