# Gimp.Parasite.prototype.get_data

    function get_data(): [return_value: Array(Number(gchar)), num_bytes: Number(guint32)] {
        // Gjs wrapper for gimp_parasite_get_data()
    }

Gets the parasite's data. It may not necessarily be text, nor is it guaranteed to be null-terminated. It is your responsibility to know how to deal with this data. Even when you expect a nul-terminated string, it is advised not to assume the returned data to be, as parasites can be edited by third party scripts. You may end up reading out-of-bounds data. So you should only ignore num_bytes when you all you care about is checking if the parasite has contents.

return_value

  parasite's data.

num_bytes

  size of the returned data.