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client.update({
  id: string,
  index: string,
  type: string,
  wait_for_active_shards: string,
  fields: string | string[],
  _source: string | string[],
  _source_excludes: string | string[],
  _source_includes: string | string[],
  lang: string,
  parent: string,
  refresh: 'true' | 'false' | 'wait_for',
  retry_on_conflict: number,
  routing: string,
  timeout: string,
  if_seq_no: number,
  if_primary_term: number,
  version: number,
  version_type: 'internal' | 'force',
  body: object
})

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`id`	`string` - Document ID
`index`	`string` - The name of the index
`type`	`string` - The type of the document
`wait_for_active_shards` or `waitForActiveShards`	`string` - Sets the number of shard copies that must be active before proceeding with the update 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)
`fields`	`string \| string[]` - A comma-separated list of fields to return in the response
`_source`	`string \| string[]` - True or false to return the _source field or not, or a list of fields to return
`_source_excludes` or `_sourceExcludes`	`string \| string[]` - A list of fields to exclude from the returned _source field
`_source_includes` or `_sourceIncludes`	`string \| string[]` - A list of fields to extract and return from the _source field
`lang`	`string` - The script language (default: painless)
`parent`	`string` - ID of the parent document. Is is only used for routing and when for the upsert request
`refresh`	`'true' \| 'false' \| 'wait_for'` - If `true` then refresh the effected shards to make this operation visible to search, if `wait_for` then wait for a refresh to make this operation visible to search, if `false` (the default) then do nothing with refreshes.
`retry_on_conflict` or `retryOnConflict`	`number` - Specify how many times should the operation be retried when a conflict occurs (default: 0)
`routing`	`string` - Specific routing value
`timeout`	`string` - Explicit operation timeout
`if_seq_no` or `ifSeqNo`	`number` - only perform the update operation if the last operation that has changed the document has the specified sequence number
`if_primary_term` or `ifPrimaryTerm`	`number` - only perform the update operation if the last operation that has changed the document has the specified primary term
`version`	`number` - Explicit version number for concurrency control
`version_type` or `versionType`	`'internal' \| 'force'` - Specific version type
`body`	`object` - The request definition requires either `script` or partial `doc`

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