# Throws java.lang.NullPointerException when getSource
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/throws-java-lang-nullpointerexception-when-getsource/11633
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [April 18, 2013, 4:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/throws-java-lang-nullpointerexception-when-getsource/11633 "2013-04-18T16:27:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Jingang\_Wang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jingang_Wang)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2013, 4:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/throws-java-lang-nullpointerexception-when-getsource/11633/1 "2013-04-18T16:27:45Z")
Hi there,
When I was running a piece of code, which means to get some doc from my
index, it throws the exception java.lang.NullPointerException。
Is there anything I set wrongly? Thanks.
My code is like this:
GetResponse response = client.prepareGet(indexName, "kba", stream\_id)
.execute()
.actionGet();
String body\_cleansed = response.getSource().get("body\_cleansed").toString();
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2013, 4:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/throws-java-lang-nullpointerexception-when-getsource/11633/2 "2013-04-18T16:29:35Z")
## Did you disable source in mapping?
David Pilato | Technical Advocate | [Elasticsearch.com](http://Elasticsearch.com)
@dadoonet | @elasticsearchfr | @scrutmydocs
Le 18 avr. 2013 à 18:27, Jingang Wang [bitwjg@gmail.com](mailto:bitwjg@gmail.com) a écrit :
> Hi there,
>
> When I was running a piece of code, which means to get some doc from my index, it throws the exception java.lang.NullPointerException。
> Is there anything I set wrongly? Thanks.
>
> My code is like this:
> GetResponse response = client.prepareGet(indexName, "kba", stream\_id)
> .execute()
> .actionGet();
> String body\_cleansed = response.getSource().get("body\_cleansed").toString();
>
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### Author:  [@Jingang\_Wang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jingang_Wang)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2013, 4:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/throws-java-lang-nullpointerexception-when-getsource/11633/3 "2013-04-18T16:40:28Z")
Hi David,
I don't think so. I preserved the source option when I was creating the
indices.
I remembered that I could run this program the other days.
Is there other reasons could result in this situation?
On Friday, April 19, 2013 12:29:35 AM UTC+8, David Pilato wrote:
> ## Did you disable source in mapping?
>
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>
> Le 18 avr. 2013 à 18:27, Jingang Wang \<[bit...@gmail.com](mailto:bit...@gmail.com) \\> a
> écrit :
>
> Hi there,
>
> When I was running a piece of code, which means to get some doc from my
> index, it throws the exception java.lang.NullPointerException。
> Is there anything I set wrongly? Thanks.
>
> My code is like this:
> GetResponse response = client.prepareGet(indexName, "kba", stream\_id)
> .execute()
> .actionGet();
> String body\_cleansed = response.getSource()
> .get("body\_cleansed").toString();
>
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### Author:  [@Jingang\_Wang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jingang_Wang)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2013, 5:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/throws-java-lang-nullpointerexception-when-getsource/11633/4 "2013-04-18T17:04:06Z")
I have checked it.
When I use prepareSearch, getSource works fine.
While when I use prepareGet, getSource throws this exception.
On Friday, April 19, 2013 12:29:35 AM UTC+8, David Pilato wrote:
> ## Did you disable source in mapping?
>
> _David Pilato_ | _Technical Advocate_ | _[Elasticsearch.com](http://Elasticsearch.com)_
> @dadoonet [https://twitter.com/dadoonet](https://twitter.com/dadoonet) | @elasticsearchfr[https://twitter.com/elasticsearchfr](https://twitter.com/elasticsearchfr)
> | @scrutmydocs [https://twitter.com/scrutmydocs](https://twitter.com/scrutmydocs)
>
> Le 18 avr. 2013 à 18:27, Jingang Wang \<[bit...@gmail.com](mailto:bit...@gmail.com) \\> a
> écrit :
>
> Hi there,
>
> When I was running a piece of code, which means to get some doc from my
> index, it throws the exception java.lang.NullPointerException。
> Is there anything I set wrongly? Thanks.
>
> My code is like this:
> GetResponse response = client.prepareGet(indexName, "kba", stream\_id)
> .execute()
> .actionGet();
> String body\_cleansed = response.getSource()
> .get("body\_cleansed").toString();
>
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 2:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/throws-java-lang-nullpointerexception-when-getsource/11633/5 "2017-07-06T02:40:36Z")