Bulk index or delete documents

POST /{index}/_bulk

Performs multiple indexing or delete operations in a single API call. This reduces overhead and can greatly increase indexing speed.

Path parameters

  • index string Required

    Name of the data stream, index, or index alias to perform bulk actions on.

Query parameters

  • list_executed_pipelines boolean

    If true, the response will include the ingest pipelines that were executed for each index or create.

  • pipeline string

    ID of the pipeline to use to preprocess incoming documents. If the index has a default ingest pipeline specified, then setting the value to _none disables the default ingest pipeline for this request. If a final pipeline is configured it will always run, regardless of the value of this parameter.

  • refresh string

    If true, Elasticsearch refreshes the affected shards to make this operation visible to search, if wait_for then wait for a refresh to make this operation visible to search, if false do nothing with refreshes. Valid values: true, false, wait_for.

    Values are true, false, or wait_for.

  • routing string

    Custom value used to route operations to a specific shard.

  • _source boolean | string | array[string]

    true or false to return the _source field or not, or a list of fields to return.

  • _source_excludes string | array[string]

    A comma-separated list of source fields to exclude from the response.

  • _source_includes string | array[string]

    A comma-separated list of source fields to include in the response.

  • timeout string

    Period each action waits for the following operations: automatic index creation, dynamic mapping updates, waiting for active shards.

  • wait_for_active_shards number | string

    The number of shard copies that must be active before proceeding with the operation. Set to all or any positive integer up to the total number of shards in the index (number_of_replicas+1).

  • require_alias boolean

    If true, the request’s actions must target an index alias.

  • require_data_stream boolean

    If true, the request's actions must target a data stream (existing or to-be-created).

application/json

Body object Required

One of:
bulk:OperationContainer object bulk:UpdateAction object object-3 object

Additional properties are allowed.

Responses

  • 200 application/json
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    • errors boolean Required
    • items array[object] Required
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      • * object Additional properties

        Additional properties are allowed.

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        • _id string | null

          The document ID associated with the operation.

          One of:
          string-1 string string-2 string | null
        • _index string Required

          Name of the index associated with the operation. If the operation targeted a data stream, this is the backing index into which the document was written.

        • status number Required

          HTTP status code returned for the operation.

        • error object

          Additional properties are allowed.

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          • type string Required

            The type of error

          • reason string

            A human-readable explanation of the error, in english

          • stack_trace string

            The server stack trace. Present only if the error_trace=true parameter was sent with the request.

          • caused_by object

            Additional properties are allowed.

          • root_cause array[object]

            Additional properties are allowed.

          • suppressed array[object]

            Additional properties are allowed.

        • _primary_term number

          The primary term assigned to the document for the operation.

        • result string

          Result of the operation. Successful values are created, deleted, and updated.

        • _seq_no number
        • _shards object

          Additional properties are allowed.

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        • _version number
        • forced_refresh boolean
        • get object

          Additional properties are allowed.

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          • fields object
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              Additional properties are allowed.

          • found boolean Required
          • _seq_no number
          • _primary_term number
          • _routing string
          • _source object
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            • * object Additional properties

              Additional properties are allowed.

    • took number Required
    • ingest_took number
POST /{index}/_bulk 
curl \
 -X POST http://api.example.com/{index}/_bulk \
 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
 -d '[{"":{"_id":"string","_index":"string","routing":"string","if_primary_term":42.0,"if_seq_no":42.0,"version":42.0,"version_type":"internal"}}]'