The fields to return. If not set, returns all fields.
If the document has a field that is not present in this mask, that field will not be returned in the response.
Union parameter consistency_selector. The consistency mode for this transaction. If not set, defaults to strong consistency. consistency_selector can be only one of the following:
Reads the version of the document at the given time.
This must be a microsecond precision timestamp within the past one hour, or if Point-in-Time Recovery is enabled, can additionally be a whole minute timestamp within the past 7 days.
Uses RFC 3339, where generated output will always be Z-normalized and use 0, 3, 6 or 9 fractional digits. Offsets other than "Z" are also accepted. Examples: "2014-10-02T15:01:23Z", "2014-10-02T15:01:23.045123456Z" or "2014-10-02T15:01:23+05:30".
Request body
The request body must be empty.
Response body
If successful, the response body contains an instance of Document.
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