@Override public void handleRequest( final RestRequest request, final RestChannel channel, final Client client) { final GetRequest getRequest = new GetRequest(request.param("index"), request.param("type"), request.param("id")); getRequest.operationThreaded(true); getRequest.refresh(request.paramAsBoolean("refresh", getRequest.refresh())); getRequest.routing( request.param( "routing")); // order is important, set it after routing, so it will set the routing getRequest.parent(request.param("parent")); getRequest.preference(request.param("preference")); getRequest.realtime(request.paramAsBoolean("realtime", getRequest.realtime())); // don't get any fields back... getRequest.fields(Strings.EMPTY_ARRAY); // TODO we can also just return the document size as Content-Length client.get( getRequest, new RestResponseListener<GetResponse>(channel) { @Override public RestResponse buildResponse(GetResponse response) { if (!response.isExists()) { return new BytesRestResponse(NOT_FOUND); } else { return new BytesRestResponse(OK); } } }); }