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

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.

application/json

Body object Required

index object
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- _id string
- _index string
- routing string
- if_primary_term number
- if_seq_no number
- version number
- version_type string
  
  Values are internal, external, external_gte, or force.
- dynamic_templates object
  
  A map from the full name of fields to the name of dynamic templates. Defaults to an empty map. If a name matches a dynamic template, then that template will be applied regardless of other match predicates defined in the template. If a field is already defined in the mapping, then this parameter won’t be used.
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  Additional properties
  
  key string
- 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.
- require_alias boolean
  
  If true, the request’s actions must target an index alias.
create object
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- _id string
- _index string
- routing string
- if_primary_term number
- if_seq_no number
- version number
- version_type string
  
  Values are internal, external, external_gte, or force.
- dynamic_templates object
  
  A map from the full name of fields to the name of dynamic templates. Defaults to an empty map. If a name matches a dynamic template, then that template will be applied regardless of other match predicates defined in the template. If a field is already defined in the mapping, then this parameter won’t be used.
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  Additional properties
  
  key string
- 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.
- require_alias boolean
  
  If true, the request’s actions must target an index alias.
update object
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- _id string
- _index string
- routing string
- if_primary_term number
- if_seq_no number
- version number
- version_type string
  
  Values are internal, external, external_gte, or force.
- require_alias boolean
  
  If true, the request’s actions must target an index alias.
- retry_on_conflict number
delete object
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- _id string
- _index string
- routing string
- if_primary_term number
- if_seq_no number
- version number
- version_type string
  
  Values are internal, external, external_gte, or force.

detect_noop boolean

Set to false to disable setting 'result' in the response to 'noop' if no change to the document occurred.
doc object

A partial update to an existing document.
doc_as_upsert boolean

Set to true to use the contents of 'doc' as the value of 'upsert'
script object
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- source string
  
  The script source.
- id string
- params object
  
  Specifies any named parameters that are passed into the script as variables. Use parameters instead of hard-coded values to decrease compile time.
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  Additional properties
  
  key object
- lang string
  
  Any of:
  _types:ScriptLanguage string _types:ScriptLanguage string
  
  Values are painless, expression, mustache, or java.
- options object
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  Additional properties
  
  key string
scripted_upsert boolean

Set to true to execute the script whether or not the document exists.
_source boolean | object

Defines how to fetch a source. Fetching can be disabled entirely, or the source can be filtered.
One of:
_types:SourceConfig boolean _types:SourceFilter object
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excludes string | array[string]

includes string | array[string]
upsert object

If the document does not already exist, the contents of 'upsert' are inserted as a new document. If the document exists, the 'script' is executed.

Responses

200 application/json
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- errors boolean Required
- items array[object] Required
  
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  Additional properties
  
  _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
  
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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
  
  root_cause array[object]
  
  suppressed array[object]
  
  _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
  
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  failed number Required
  
  successful number Required
  
  total number Required
  
  failures array[object]
  
  skipped number
  
  _version number
  
  forced_refresh boolean
  
  get object
  
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  fields object
  
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  Additional properties
  
  key object
  
  found boolean Required
  
  _seq_no number
  
  _primary_term number
  
  _routing string
  
  _source object
  
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  Additional properties
  
  key object
- 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"}}]'

Bulk index or delete documents

Path parameters

Query parameters

Body object Required

Responses

_id string | null