Get a document's source

GET /{index}/_source/{id}

Get the source of a document. For example:

GET my-index-000001/_source/1

You can use the source filtering parameters to control which parts of the _source are returned:

GET my-index-000001/_source/1/?_source_includes=*.id&_source_excludes=entities

Read the reference documentation

Authentication

Api key

Authorization: <value>

Elasticsearch APIs support key-based authentication. You must create an API key and use the encoded value in the request header. For example:

		curl -X GET "${ES_URL}/_cat/indices?v=true" \
  -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${API_KEY}"

To get API keys, use the /_security/api_key APIs.

Basic

Authorization: Basic <credentials>

Bearer

Authorization: Bearer <token>

Elasticsearch APIs support the use of bearer tokens in the Authorization HTTP header to authenticate with the API. For examples, refer to Token-based authentication services

Query parameters

preference string

The node or shard the operation should be performed on. By default, the operation is randomized between the shard replicas.

realtime boolean · default: true

If true, the request is real-time as opposed to near-real-time.

refresh boolean · default: false

If true, the request refreshes the relevant shards before retrieving the document. Setting it to true should be done after careful thought and verification that this does not cause a heavy load on the system (and slow down indexing).

routing string

A custom value used to route operations to a specific shard.

_source union oneOf

Indicates whether to return the _source field (true or false) or lists the fields to return.

One of: boolean or string

_source_excludes union oneOf

A comma-separated list of source fields to exclude in the response.

One of: string[] or string

_source_includes union oneOf

A comma-separated list of source fields to include in the response.

One of: string[] or string

version number

The version number for concurrency control. It must match the current version of the document for the request to succeed.

version_type enum

The version type.

Supported values include:

internal: Use internal versioning that starts at 1 and increments with each update or delete.
external: Only index the document if the specified version is strictly higher than the version of the stored document or if there is no existing document.
external_gte: Only index the document if the specified version is equal or higher than the version of the stored document or if there is no existing document. NOTE: The external_gte version type is meant for special use cases and should be used with care. If used incorrectly, it can result in loss of data.

Values: internal external external_gte

Response

application/json

Examples

Request Console 1 / 8 languages

Console Kibana Dev Tools

GET my-index-000001/_source/1

JavaScript Elasticsearch JavaScript Client

const response = await client.getSource({
  index: "my-index-000001",
  id: 1,
});

Python Elasticsearch Python Client

resp = client.get_source(
    index="my-index-000001",
    id="1",
)

curl Shell

curl -X GET "$ELASTICSEARCH_URL/my-index-000001/_source/1" \
  -H "Authorization: ApiKey $ELASTIC_API_KEY"

Java Elasticsearch Java Client

client.getSource(g -> g
    .id("1")
    .index("my-index-000001")
);

C# Elasticsearch .NET Client

var response = await client.GetSourceAsync<MyDocument>(index: "my-index-000001", id: "1");

PHP Elasticsearch PHP Client

$resp = $client->getSource([
    "index" => "my-index-000001",
    "id" => "1",
]);

Ruby Elasticsearch Ruby Client

response = client.get_source(
  index: "my-index-000001",
  id: "1"
)

Response

No example

Get a document's source

Required authorization

Authentication

Path parameters

Query parameters

Response