> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://getbuildify.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Retrievable Attributes

> Listing objects can be very large, and searching for those can return huge amounts of data. Fetching huge amounts of unwanted data will only affect your latency and front-end experience. To avoid these problems, Buildify provides another parameter that helps you retrieve data for only those attributes you want to use.

## retrieveAttributes

***Array of Strings, Optional, Default: \["\*"]***

By default, endpoints provide all the data fields. You can limit those fields by specifying which attributes to retrieve in an array.

Works for both listings and profiles endpoints.

#### Example

<Tabs>
  <Tab title="Request">
    ```JSON theme={null}

    {
         "search": "Residences",
         "perPage": 5,
         "retrieveAttributes": [
              "name",
              "country",
              "streetName"
         ]
    }
    ```
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Response">
    ```JSON theme={null}

    {
      "results": [
        {
          "name": "The Capitol Residences",
          "country": "Canada",
          "streetName": "Yonge Street",
          "objectID": "TP67S1"
        },
        {
          "country": "Canada",
          "name": "UOVO Boutique Residences",
          "streetName": " Yonge Street",
          "objectID": "SKOKP9"
        },
        {
          "country": "Canada",
          "streetName": "Kingston Road",
          "name": "The View Beach Residences",
          "objectID": "S4BN5H"
        },
        {
          "country": "Canada",
          "streetName": "Yonge Street",
          "name": "The Capitol Residences",
          "objectID": "RZJTVG"
        },
        {
          "name": "The Capitol Residences",
          "streetName": "Yonge Street",
          "country": "",
          "objectID": "P42YGZ"
        }
      ],
      "total": 51,
      "page": 0,
      "pages": 11,
      "perPage": 5
    }
    ```
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

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>
> Info
>
> `retrieveAttributes` are required when you perform filter operations with `filterQuery`.