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

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:api: get-source
:request: GetSourceRequest
:response: GetSourceResponse
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=== Get Source API

This API helps to get only the `_source` field of a document.

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==== Get Source Request

A +{request}+ requires the following arguments:

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

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==== Optional arguments
The following arguments can optionally be provided:

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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<1> `FetchSourceContext` 's first argument `fetchSource` must be `true`, otherwise
`ElasticsearchException` get thrown
<2> Arguments of the context `excludes` and `includes` are optional
(see examples in Get API documentation)

["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

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

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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<1> Set realtime flag to `false` (`true` by default)

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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<1> Perform a refresh before retrieving the document (`false` by default)

include::../execution.asciidoc[]

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==== Get Source Response

The returned +{response}+ contains the field `source` that represents the
source of a document as a map.

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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