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`deleteByQuery`

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client.deleteByQuery([params, [callback]])

Delete documents from one or more indices and one or more types based on a query.

Check the API Conventions and the elasticsearch docs for more information pertaining to this method.

Deleting documents with a simple query.

await client.deleteByQuery({
  index: 'myindex',
  q: 'test'
});

Deleting documents using the Query DSL.

await client.deleteByQuery({
  index: 'posts',
  body: {
    query: {
      term: { published: false }
    }
  }
});

Params

`analyzer`	`String` — The analyzer to use for the query string
`analyzeWildcard`	`Boolean` — Specify whether wildcard and prefix queries should be analyzed (default: false)
`[defaultOperator=OR]`	`String` — The default operator for query string query (AND or OR) Options `"AND"` `"OR"`
`df`	`String` — The field to use as default where no field prefix is given in the query string
`from`	`Number` — Starting offset (default: 0)
`ignoreUnavailable`	`Boolean` — Whether specified concrete indices should be ignored when unavailable (missing or closed)
`allowNoIndices`	`Boolean` — Whether to ignore if a wildcard indices expression resolves into no concrete indices. (This includes `_all` string or when no indices have been specified)
`[conflicts=abort]`	`String` — What to do when the delete-by-query hits version conflicts? Options `"abort"` `"proceed"`
`[expandWildcards=open]`	`String` — Whether to expand wildcard expression to concrete indices that are open, closed or both. Options `"open"` `"closed"` `"none"` `"all"`
`lenient`	`Boolean` — Specify whether format-based query failures (such as providing text to a numeric field) should be ignored
`preference`	`String` — Specify the node or shard the operation should be performed on (default: random)
`q`	`String` — Query in the Lucene query string syntax
`routing`	`String`, `String[]`, `Boolean` — A comma-separated list of specific routing values
`scroll`	`DurationString` — Specify how long a consistent view of the index should be maintained for scrolled search
`searchType`	`String` — Search operation type Options `"query_then_fetch"` `"dfs_query_then_fetch"`
`searchTimeout`	`DurationString` — Explicit timeout for each search request. Defaults to no timeout.
`size`	`Number` — Number of hits to return (default: 10)
`sort`	`String`, `String[]`, `Boolean` — A comma-separated list of <field>:<direction> pairs
`_source`	`String`, `String[]`, `Boolean` — True or false to return the _source field or not, or a list of fields to return
`_sourceExclude`	`String`, `String[]`, `Boolean` — A list of fields to exclude from the returned _source field
`_sourceInclude`	`String`, `String[]`, `Boolean` — A list of fields to extract and return from the _source field
`terminateAfter`	`Number` — The maximum number of documents to collect for each shard, upon reaching which the query execution will terminate early.
`stats`	`String`, `String[]`, `Boolean` — Specific tag of the request for logging and statistical purposes
`version`	`Boolean` — Specify whether to return document version as part of a hit
`requestCache`	`Boolean` — Specify if request cache should be used for this request or not, defaults to index level setting
`refresh`	`Boolean` — Should the effected indexes be refreshed?
`[timeout=1m]`	`DurationString` — Time each individual bulk request should wait for shards that are unavailable.
`waitForActiveShards`	`String` — Sets the number of shard copies that must be active before proceeding with the delete by query operation. Defaults to 1, meaning the primary shard only. Set to `all` for all shard copies, otherwise set to any non-negative value less than or equal to the total number of copies for the shard (number of replicas + 1)
`scrollSize`	`Number` — Size on the scroll request powering the update_by_query
`[waitForCompletion=true]`	`Boolean` — Should the request should block until the delete-by-query is complete.
`requestsPerSecond`	`Number` — The throttle for this request in sub-requests per second. -1 means no throttle.
`[slices=1]`	`Number` — The number of slices this task should be divided into. Defaults to 1 meaning the task isn’t sliced into subtasks.
`index`	`String`, `String[]`, `Boolean` — A comma-separated list of index names to search; use `_all` or empty string to perform the operation on all indices
`type`	`String`, `String[]`, `Boolean` — A comma-separated list of document types to search; leave empty to perform the operation on all types
`body`	`Object`, `JSON` — The request body, as either JSON or a JSON serializable object. See the elasticsearch docs for details about what can be specified here.

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