[[get_examples]]
== Get

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 
`game-of-thrones`, under a type called `_doc`, with id valued `'1'`.

[source,js]
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'use strict'

const { Client } = require('@elastic/elasticsearch')
const client = new Client({ node: 'http://localhost:9200' })

async function run () {
  await client.index({
    index: 'game-of-thrones',
    id: '1',
    body: {
      character: 'Ned Stark',
      quote: 'Winter is coming.'
    }
  })

  const { body } = await client.get({
    index: 'game-of-thrones',
    id: '1'
  })

  console.log(body)
}

run().catch(console.log)
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