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title: Get Vectors By Identifier
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# Get Vectors By Identifier
POST/accounts/{account\_id}/vectorize/v2/indexes/{index\_name}/get\_by\_ids
Get a set of vectors from an index by their vector identifiers.
##### Security
API Token
The preferred authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. Create a token.
**Example:**Authorization: Bearer Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY
API Email + API Key
The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API, used in conjunction with a Global API key.
**Example:**X-Auth-Email: user@example.com
The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. When possible, use API tokens instead of Global API keys.
**Example:**X-Auth-Key: 144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194
##### Accepted Permissions (at least one required)
`Vectorize Write``Vectorize Read`
##### P ath ParametersExpand Collapse
account\_id: string
Identifier
maxLength32
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index\_name: string
[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20vectorize.indexes%20%3E%20(method)%20get_by_ids%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20index_name%20%3E%20(schema)>)
##### Body ParametersJSONExpand Collapse
ids: optional array of string
A list of vector identifiers to retrieve from the index indicated by the path.
[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20vectorize.indexes%20%3E%20(method)%20get_by_ids%20%3E%20(params)%200%20%3E%20(param)%20ids%20%3E%20(schema)>)
##### ReturnsExpand Collapse
errors: array of ResponseInfo { code, message, documentation\_url, source }
code: number
minimum1000
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message: string
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documentation\_url: optional string
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source: optional object {pointer }
pointer: optional string
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messages: array of ResponseInfo { code, message, documentation\_url, source }
code: number
minimum1000
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message: string
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documentation\_url: optional string
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source: optional object {pointer }
pointer: optional string
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result: unknown
Array of vectors with matching ids.
[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20vectorize.indexes%20%3E%20(method)%20get_by_ids%20%3E%20(network%20schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20result>)
success: true
Whether the API call was successful
[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20vectorize.indexes%20%3E%20(method)%20get_by_ids%20%3E%20(network%20schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20success>)
### Get Vectors By Identifier
HTTP
HTTPTypeScriptPythonGoTerraform
```
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/vectorize/v2/indexes/$INDEX_NAME/get_by_ids \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \
-d '{
"ids": [
"5121db81354a40c6aedc3fe1ace51c59",
"f90eb49c2107486abdfd78c67e853430"
]
}'
```
200 example
```
{
"errors": [
{
"code": 1000,
"message": "message",
"documentation_url": "documentation_url",
"source": {
"pointer": "pointer"
}
}
],
"messages": [
{
"code": 1000,
"message": "message",
"documentation_url": "documentation_url",
"source": {
"pointer": "pointer"
}
}
],
"result": [
{
"id": "some-vector-id",
"metadata": {
"another-key": "another-value",
"customer-id": 442
},
"values": [
0.812,
0.621,
0.261
]
},
{
"id": "other-vector-id",
"metadata": {
"another-key": "with-a-value",
"customer-id": 2151
},
"namespace": "namespaced",
"values": [
0.961,
0.751,
0.661
]
}
],
"success": true
}
```
##### Returns Examples
200 example
```
{
"errors": [
{
"code": 1000,
"message": "message",
"documentation_url": "documentation_url",
"source": {
"pointer": "pointer"
}
}
],
"messages": [
{
"code": 1000,
"message": "message",
"documentation_url": "documentation_url",
"source": {
"pointer": "pointer"
}
}
],
"result": [
{
"id": "some-vector-id",
"metadata": {
"another-key": "another-value",
"customer-id": 442
},
"values": [
0.812,
0.621,
0.261
]
},
{
"id": "other-vector-id",
"metadata": {
"another-key": "with-a-value",
"customer-id": 2151
},
"namespace": "namespaced",
"values": [
0.961,
0.751,
0.661
]
}
],
"success": true
}
```