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--
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:api: exists
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:request: GetRequest
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:response: boolean
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--
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[id="{upid}-{api}"]
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=== Exists API
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The exists API returns `true` if a document exists, and `false` otherwise.
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[id="{upid}-{api}-request"]
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==== Exists Request
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It uses +{request}+ just like the <<java-rest-high-document-get>>.
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All of its <<java-rest-high-document-get-request-optional-arguments, optional arguments>>
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are supported. Since `exists()` only returns `true` or `false`, we recommend
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turning off fetching `_source` and any stored fields so the request is
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slightly lighter:
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["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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--------------------------------------------------
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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-request]
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--------------------------------------------------
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<1> Index
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<2> Document id
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<3> Disable fetching `_source`.
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<4> Disable fetching stored fields.
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include::../execution.asciidoc[]
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==== Source exists request
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A variant of the exists request is `existsSource` method which has the additional check
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that the document in question has stored the `source`. If the mapping for the index has opted
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to remove support for storing JSON source in documents then this method will return false
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for documents in this index.
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