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Bulk API

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Bulk API

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The bulk API allows one to index and delete several documents in a single request. Here is a sample usage:

import static org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentFactory.*;

BulkRequestBuilder bulkRequest = client.prepareBulk();

// either use client#prepare, or use Requests# to directly build index/delete requests
bulkRequest.add(client.prepareIndex("twitter", "tweet", "1")
        .setSource(jsonBuilder()
                    .startObject()
                        .field("user", "kimchy")
                        .field("postDate", new Date())
                        .field("message", "trying out Elasticsearch")
                    .endObject()
                  )
        );

bulkRequest.add(client.prepareIndex("twitter", "tweet", "2")
        .setSource(jsonBuilder()
                    .startObject()
                        .field("user", "kimchy")
                        .field("postDate", new Date())
                        .field("message", "another post")
                    .endObject()
                  )
        );

BulkResponse bulkResponse = bulkRequest.execute().actionGet();
if (bulkResponse.hasFailures()) {
    // process failures by iterating through each bulk response item
}
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