## Read File

`beta.retrieval.read(RetrievalReadParams**kwargs)  -> RetrievalReadResponse`

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

Read the parsed text content of a specific file.

### Parameters

- `file_id: str`

  ID of the file to read.

- `index_id: str`

  ID of the index the file belongs to.

- `organization_id: Optional[str]`

- `project_id: Optional[str]`

- `max_length: Optional[int]`

  Maximum number of characters to read from the offset.

- `offset: Optional[int]`

  Starting character offset.

### Returns

- `class RetrievalReadResponse: …`

  File read result.

  - `content: str`

    Parsed text content of the file.

### Example

```python
import os
from llama_cloud import LlamaCloud

client = LlamaCloud(
    api_key=os.environ.get("LLAMA_CLOUD_API_KEY"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)
response = client.beta.retrieval.read(
    file_id="file_id",
    index_id="idx-abc123",
)
print(response.content)
```

#### Response

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