Get document

Retrieve a single document by its primary key value.

GET /indexes/{index_uid}/documents/{document_id}

cURL

cURL

curl \
  -X GET 'MEILISEARCH_URL/indexes/movies/documents/25684?fields=id,title,poster,release_date'

import requests

url = "http://localhost:7700/indexes/{index_uid}/documents/{document_id}"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

fetch('http://localhost:7700/indexes/{index_uid}/documents/{document_id}', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_PORT => "7700",
  CURLOPT_URL => "http://localhost:7700/indexes/{index_uid}/documents/{document_id}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "http://localhost:7700/indexes/{index_uid}/documents/{document_id}"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("http://localhost:7700/indexes/{index_uid}/documents/{document_id}")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("http://localhost:7700/indexes/{index_uid}/documents/{document_id}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

200

{
  "id": 25684,
  "title": "American Ninja 5",
  "poster": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w1280/iuAQVI4mvjI83wnirpD8GVNRVuY.jpg",
  "overview": "When a scientists daughter is kidnapped, American Ninja, attempts to find her, but this time he teams up with a youngster he has trained in the ways of the ninja.",
  "release_date": 725846400
}

{
  "message": "The Authorization header is missing. It must use the bearer authorization method.",
  "code": "missing_authorization_header",
  "type": "auth",
  "link": "https://docs.meilisearch.com/errors#missing_authorization_header"
}

{
  "message": "Document :uid not found.",
  "code": "document_not_found",
  "type": "invalid_request",
  "link": "https://docs.meilisearch.com/errors#document_not_found"
}

Authorizations

Authorization · string · header · required

An API key is a token that you provide when making API calls. Read more about how to secure your project.

Include the API key to the Authorization header, for instance:

-H 'Authorization: Bearer 6436fc5237b0d6e0d64253fbaac21d135012ecf1'

If you use a SDK, ensure you instantiate the client with the API key, for instance with JS SDK:

const client = new MeiliSearch({
  host: 'MEILISEARCH_URL',
  apiKey: '6436fc5237b0d6e0d64253fbaac21d135012ecf1'
});

Path Parameters

index_uid · string · required

Unique identifier of the index.

document_id · string · required

The document identifier.

Query Parameters

fields · string[]

Comma-separated list of document attributes to include in the response. Use * to retrieve all attributes. By default, all attributes listed in the displayedAttributes setting are returned. Example: title,description,price.

retrieveVectors · boolean

When true, includes the vector embeddings in the response for this document. This is useful when you need to inspect or export vector data. Note that this can significantly increase response size if the document has multiple embedders configured. Defaults to false.

Response

200

application/json

The document is returned.