# Retrieving Documents @elastic/app-search-node

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/retrieving-documents-elastic-app-search-node/216920>\
**Category:** Elastic Search\
**Tags:** elastic-app-search\
**Created:** [January 28, 2020, 9:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/retrieving-documents-elastic-app-search-node/216920 "2020-01-28T21:32:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Gautier](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jonathan_gautier/32/57330_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Gautier](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jonathan_Gautier)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 9:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/retrieving-documents-elastic-app-search-node/216920/1 "2020-01-28T21:32:37Z")

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Hi i got problem with this npm,

When i want to retrieve documents. My Code  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/4/14a03c71b4fcec1acab3f15c960f9aa31c0c6093.png)

I got this :  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/4/6/46fca30260280b5d6896e74ebf53eeafdd6149f6.png)

Package doesnt send any Body and request was empty and result 400 bad request  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/0/e/0e1fe12b288802dd17bcbab9d4b60774a7f5da09.png)

Seem Request package doesn't add JSON or Params

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**Author:** ![JasonStoltz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jasonstoltz/32/49893_2.png) [@JasonStoltz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JasonStoltz)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 12:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/retrieving-documents-elastic-app-search-node/216920/2 "2020-01-30T12:09:35Z")

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Hi @Jonathan_Gautier,

What version are you running? `npm list @elastic/app-search-node`

Are you using self managed app search or saas?

Can you paste a snippet of code rather than a screenshot?

Jason

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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Gautier](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jonathan_gautier/32/57330_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Gautier](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jonathan_Gautier)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 9:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/retrieving-documents-elastic-app-search-node/216920/3 "2020-02-01T09:47:06Z")

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@JasonStoltz  
self managed app search

```
const {hostIdentifier, searchKey, endpointBase, engineName} = getConfig();
const AppSearchClient = require('@elastic/app-search-node');
const baseUrlFn = () => endpointBase + '/api/as/v1/';
const clientDirect = new AppSearchClient(undefined, searchKey, baseUrlFn);

clientDirect
  .getDocuments(engineName, ["park_zion", "does_not_exist"])
  .then(response => console.log(response))
  .catch(error => console.log(error.errorMessages))

```

dependencies:

```
"dependencies": {
"@elastic/app-search-node": "^7.5.0",
"@elastic/react-search-ui": "^1.1.0",
"@elastic/react-search-ui-views": "^1.3.2",
"@elastic/search-ui-app-search-connector": "^1.1.0",
"@material-ui/core": "^4.9.0",
"dummyjs": "^1.1.7",
"moment": "^2.24.0",S
"mongodb-stitch-browser-sdk": "^4.8.0",
"namor": "^2.0.2",
"prop-types": "^15.6.2",
"react": "^16.8.1",
"react-dom": "^16.8.1",
"react-form": "^4.0.1",
"react-masonry-css": "^1.0.14",
"react-modal": "^3.11.1",
"react-redux": "^7.1.3",
"react-router-dom": "^5.1.2",
"react-scripts": "3.1.1",
"react-table": "^7.0.0-rc.15",
"redux": "^4.0.5",
"request": "^2.88.0"

```

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**Author:** ![JasonStoltz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jasonstoltz/32/49893_2.png) [@JasonStoltz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JasonStoltz)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 5:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/retrieving-documents-elastic-app-search-node/216920/4 "2020-02-03T17:00:41Z")

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I couldn't reproduce this:

```auto
var AppSearchClient = require("@elastic/app-search-node");

var apiKey = "private-u7sgy8ekgbhoeb8u3pgrot3g";
var baseUrlFn = () => "http://localhost:3002/api/as/v1/";
var engineName = "my-search-engine";
var client = new AppSearchClient(undefined, apiKey, baseUrlFn);

client
  .getDocuments(engineName, ["park_saguaro", "does_not_exist"])
  .then(console.log);

/*
> [ { title: 'Saguaro',
    description:
     'Split into the separate Rincon Mountain and Tucson Mountain districts, this park is evidence that the dry Sonoran Desert is still home to a great variety of life spanning six biotic communities. Beyond the namesake giant saguaro cacti, there are barrel cacti, chollas, and prickly pears, as well as lesser long-nosed bats, spotted owls, and javelinas.',
    nps_link: 'https://www.nps.gov/sagu/index.htm',
    states: ['Arizona'],
    visitors: '820426',
    world_heritage_site: 'false',
    location: '32.25,-110.5',
    acres: '91715.72',
    square_km: '371.2',
    date_established: '1994-10-14T05:00:00Z',
    id: 'park_saguaro' },
  null ]
*/

```

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**Author:** ![JasonStoltz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jasonstoltz/32/49893_2.png) [@JasonStoltz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JasonStoltz)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 5:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/retrieving-documents-elastic-app-search-node/216920/5 "2020-02-03T17:04:14Z")

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Quick thought, you're not trying to use the node client from a browser are you?

FYI, you'd want to use the javascript client in the browser, not the node client. The javascript client is already a dependency of the search-ui-app-search-connector:

```auto
→npm list @elastic/app-search-javascript
/Users/jasonstoltzfus/workspace/temp/test-node-client
└─┬ @elastic/search-ui-app-search-connector@1.3.2
  └── @elastic/app-search-javascript@7.5.0

```

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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Gautier](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jonathan_gautier/32/57330_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Gautier](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jonathan_Gautier)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 10:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/retrieving-documents-elastic-app-search-node/216920/6 "2020-02-03T22:15:27Z")

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This is for React project, i can use @elastic/app-search-javascript, but how to get one document ? Thanks

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**Author:** ![JasonStoltz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jasonstoltz/32/49893_2.png) [@JasonStoltz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JasonStoltz)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 12:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/retrieving-documents-elastic-app-search-node/216920/7 "2020-02-04T12:43:23Z")

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Just do a search and filter on the "id" filter.

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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:** [March 3, 2020, 12:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/retrieving-documents-elastic-app-search-node/216920/8 "2020-03-03T12:43:26Z")

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Closed on March 3, 2020, 12:43pm UTC

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