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If you have added items to the index with the contents field, you can retrieve them via get().
The contents field is always returned as bytes in Python or std::vector<uint8_t> in C++, regardless of whether it was originally stored as a string or bytes. All contents are encoded to bytes and encrypted before storage.
# IDs of items to retrieve
ids = ["item_20", "item_11"]
include = ["contents", "metadata"]

# Retrieve items from the encrypted index
items = index.get(ids, include)

print(items)
# Example item (contents returned as bytes)
# [{"id": "item_20", "contents": b"Hello, World!", "metadata": {"type": "txt"}},
#  {"id": "item_11", "contents": b"Hello, Cyborg!", "metadata": {"type": "md"}}]

// IDs of items to retrieve
std::vector<std::string> ids = {"item_20", "item_11"};
std::vector<cyborg::ItemFields> include = {cyborg::ItemFields::kContents, cyborg::ItemFields::kMetadata};

// Retrieve items from the encrypted index
std::vector<cyborg::Item> items = index->Get(ids, include);

// Print the item fields
for (const auto& item : items) {
    std::cout << "ID: " << item.id << ", Contents: " << std::string(item.contents.begin(), item.contents.end()) << ", Metadata: " << item.metadata << std::endl;
}

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API Reference

For more information on getting items from an encrypted index, refer to the API reference:

Python API Reference

API reference for get() in Python

C++ API Reference

API reference for Get() in C++