Throttle an update by query operation Added in 6.5.0

POST /_update_by_query/{task_id}/_rethrottle
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Change the number of requests per second for a particular update by query operation. Rethrottling that speeds up the query takes effect immediately but rethrotting that slows down the query takes effect after completing the current batch to prevent scroll timeouts.

Path parameters

  • task_id string Required

    The ID for the task.

Query parameters

  • requests_per_second number

    The throttle for this request in sub-requests per second. To turn off throttling, set it to -1.

Responses

  • 200 application/json
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POST /_update_by_query/{task_id}/_rethrottle 
curl \
 --request POST http://api.example.com/_update_by_query/{task_id}/_rethrottle \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"
Response examples (200) 
{
  "nodes": {}
}