## Read File

`$ llamacloud-prod beta:retrieval read`

**post** `/api/v1/retrieval/files/read`

Read the parsed text content of a specific file.

### Parameters

- `--file-id: string`

  Body param: ID of the file to read.

- `--index-id: string`

  Body param: ID of the index the file belongs to.

- `--organization-id: optional string`

  Query param

- `--project-id: optional string`

  Query param

- `--max-length: optional number`

  Body param: Maximum number of characters to read from the offset.

- `--offset: optional number`

  Body param: Starting character offset.

### Returns

- `BetaRetrievalReadResponse: object { content }`

  File read result.

  - `content: string`

    Parsed text content of the file.

### Example

```cli
llamacloud-prod beta:retrieval read \
  --api-key 'My API Key' \
  --file-id file_id \
  --index-id idx-abc123
```

#### Response

```json
{
  "content": "content"
}
```