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[discrete]
[[client.bulk]]
=== client.bulk

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

{ref}/docs-bulk.html[{es} documentation]

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==== Function signature

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(BulkRequest, options?): Promise<BulkResponse>
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==== Request

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interface BulkRequest<TDocument = unknown, TPartialDocument = unknown> extends <<RequestBase>> {
  index?: <<IndexName>>
  pipeline?: string
  refresh?: <<Refresh>>
  routing?: <<Routing>>
  _source?: <<SearchSourceConfigParam>>
  _source_excludes?: <<Fields>>
  _source_includes?: <<Fields>>
  timeout?: <<Duration>>
  wait_for_active_shards?: <<WaitForActiveShards>>
  require_alias?: boolean
  operations?: (<<BulkOperationContainer>> | <<BulkUpdateAction>><TDocument, TPartialDocument> | TDocument)[]
}

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==== Response

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interface BulkResponse {
  errors: boolean
  items: Partial<Record<<<BulkOperationType>>, <<BulkResponseItem>>>>[]
  took: <<long>>
  ingest_took?: <<long>>
}

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