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# Get Items
## Get Item
Retrieves, decrypts and returns an item from its item ID. If an item does not exist at that ID, it will return an empty `bytes` object.
```python theme={null}
def get_item(self, id: int)
```
### Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Description |
| --------- | ----- | ----------------------------- |
| `id` | `int` | Item ID to retrieve & decrypt |
### Returns
`bytes`: Decrypted item bytes, or empty bytes object if no item was found at the ID provided.
### Exceptions
* Throws if the item could not be retrieved or decrypted.
### Example Usage
```python theme={null}
# Load index
index = client.load_index(index_name=index_name, index_key=index_key)
# Retrieve the item at ID '0'
item = index.get_item(0)
print(item)
# Example output:
# b'item contents here...'
```
## Get Items
Retrieves, decrypts and returns a list of items from their IDs. If an item does not exist at that ID, it will return an empty `bytes` object.
```python theme={null}
def get_items(self, ids: List[int])
```
### Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Description |
| --------- | ----------- | ------------------------------ |
| `ids` | `List[int]` | Item IDs to retrieve & decrypt |
### Returns
`List[bytes]`: List of decrypted item bytes, or empty bytes object if no item was found at the ID provided.
### Exceptions
* Throws if the item could not be retrieved or decrypted.
### Example Usage
```python theme={null}
# Load index
index = client.load_index(index_name=index_name, index_key=index_key)
# Perform query
query_vector = [0.1, 0.2, 0.3]
results = index.query(query_vector=query_vector, top_k=10)
# Extract the item IDs from the query
result_ids = [res["id"] for res in results]
# Retrieve the items from the query results
items = index.get_items(result_ids)
print(items)
# Example output:
# [b'item #1 contents...', b'item #2 contents...', ...]
```