# Retrieving a document by its ID, JAVA API

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/retrieving-a-document-by-its-id-java-api/8165>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 20, 2012, 9:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/retrieving-a-document-by-its-id-java-api/8165 "2012-06-20T09:39:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Harsh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/57b2e6/32.png) [@Harsh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Harsh)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 9:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/retrieving-a-document-by-its-id-java-api/8165/1 "2012-06-20T09:39:08Z")

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Hello,  
I am a newbie to elasticsearch. I wanted to know how, in JAVA, can we  
retrieve a document if we know its ID? Any help would be appreciated.

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 10:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/retrieving-a-document-by-its-id-java-api/8165/2 "2012-06-20T10:11:49Z")

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Le 20 juin 2012 à 11:39, Harsh [harsh.chhatwani@gmail.com](mailto:harsh.chhatwani@gmail.com) a écrit :

> Hello,  
> I am a newbie to elasticsearch. I wanted to know how, in JAVA, can we retrieve a document if we know its ID? Any help would be appreciated.

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**Author:** ![rpsandiford](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rpsandiford/32/2206_2.png) [@rpsandiford](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rpsandiford)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 12:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/retrieving-a-document-by-its-id-java-api/8165/3 "2012-06-20T12:19:04Z")

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To help out a little more, check the IdsQueryBuilder. So, something like this:

SearchRequestBuilder req = xxxx; // however you usually get your request builder...  
IdsQueryBuilder qb = QueryBuilders.idsQuery(type);  
qb.addIds(id1);  
req.setSearchType(SearchType.QUERY\_AND\_FETCH)  
.setQuery(qb)  
.addField(fieldName);  
SearchResponse resp = req.execute().actionGet();

Bob.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 3:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/retrieving-a-document-by-its-id-java-api/8165/4 "2017-07-06T03:23:15Z")

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