## Read File

`RetrievalReadResponse beta().retrieval().read(RetrievalReadParamsparams, RequestOptionsrequestOptions = RequestOptions.none())`

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

Read the parsed text content of a specific file.

### Parameters

- `RetrievalReadParams params`

  - `Optional<String> organizationId`

  - `Optional<String> projectId`

  - `String fileId`

    ID of the file to read.

  - `String indexId`

    ID of the index the file belongs to.

  - `Optional<Long> maxLength`

    Maximum number of characters to read from the offset.

  - `Optional<Long> offset`

    Starting character offset.

### Returns

- `class RetrievalReadResponse:`

  File read result.

  - `String content`

    Parsed text content of the file.

### Example

```java
package com.llamacloud_prod.api.example;

import com.llamacloud_prod.api.client.LlamaCloudClient;
import com.llamacloud_prod.api.client.okhttp.LlamaCloudOkHttpClient;
import com.llamacloud_prod.api.models.beta.retrieval.RetrievalReadParams;
import com.llamacloud_prod.api.models.beta.retrieval.RetrievalReadResponse;

public final class Main {
    private Main() {}

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        LlamaCloudClient client = LlamaCloudOkHttpClient.fromEnv();

        RetrievalReadParams params = RetrievalReadParams.builder()
            .fileId("file_id")
            .indexId("idx-abc123")
            .build();
        RetrievalReadResponse response = client.beta().retrieval().read(params);
    }
}
```

#### Response

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