Delete By Query APIedit
The delete by query API allows one to delete a given set of documents based on the result of a query:
BulkIndexByScrollResponse response =
DeleteByQueryAction.INSTANCE.newRequestBuilder(client)
.filter(QueryBuilders.matchQuery("gender", "male")) 
.source("persons") 
.get(); 
long deleted = response.getDeleted(); 
| query |
| index |
| execute the operation |
| number of deleted documents |
As it can be a long running operation, if you wish to do it asynchronously, you can call execute instead of get
and provide a listener like:
DeleteByQueryAction.INSTANCE.newRequestBuilder(client)
.filter(QueryBuilders.matchQuery("gender", "male"))
.source("persons")
.execute(new ActionListener<BulkIndexByScrollResponse>() {
@Override
public void onResponse(BulkIndexByScrollResponse response) {
long deleted = response.getDeleted();
}
@Override
public void onFailure(Exception e) {
// Handle the exception
}
});
| query |
| index |
| listener |
| number of deleted documents |