request(params, [callback])

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request(params, [callback])

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Params

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method

String — The HTTP method to use for this request. All of the API methods have their own default.

path

String — The path/endpoint for the request

query

String|Object — The query string params

body

String|Object|Array<Object> — The request body to be sent to elasticsearch

requestTimeout

Number — The number of milliseconds before this request should "timeout"

headers

Object<String:String> — An object of string keys and values to use as the headers for this request.

ignore

Number, Number[] — HTTP status codes which should not be treated as errors

requestTimeout

Number — Milliseconds this request has to complete. The default can be set using the client’s requestTimeout: config parameter.

castExists

Boolean — This is used by methods like indices.exists() to provide a true/false return value based on the status of the response. When set to true 200 responses are converted to true, and 404s to false. Any other error will still be passed through to the response handler but all other response data is discarded.

bulkBody

Boolean — Set to true if the body should be formatted using the newline delimited JSON format used by the bulk API.