# Client.read_bytes

```python
async def Client.read_bytes(
    asset: Asset,
    *,
    max_bytes: int | None = None,
) -> bytes
```

Read an entire asset into memory.

## Parameters

**asset**

`Asset`

The asset to resolve and read.

**max\_bytes**

`int | None`

An optional maximum accepted object size in bytes.

## Returns

The complete object contents as `bytes`.