[[java-docs-get]]
=== Get API

The get API allows to get a typed JSON document from the index based on
its id. The following example gets a JSON document from an index called
twitter, under a type called `_doc`, with id valued 1:

[source,java]
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GetResponse response = client.prepareGet("twitter", "_doc", "1").get();
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For more information on the get operation, check out the REST
{ref}/docs-get.html[get] docs.