deleteByQuery #

Deletes documents matching the provided search query.

Query Syntax #

HTTP #

URL: http://kuzzle:7512/<index>/<collection>/_query
Method: DELETE
Body:

{
  "query": {
    // ...
  }
}

Other protocols #

{
  "index": "<index>",
  "collection": "<collection>",
  "controller": "document",
  "action": "deleteByQuery",
  "body": {
    "query": {
      // ...
    }
  }
}

Arguments #

collection: collection name
index: index name

Body properties #

query: documents matching this search query will be deleted. Uses the ElasticSearch Query DSL syntax.

Response #

Returns a ids array containing the list of deleted document identifiers.

{
  "status": 200,
  "error": null,
  "index": "<index>",
  "collection": "<collection>",
  "controller": "document",
  "action": "deleteByQuery",
  "requestId": "<unique request identifier>",
  "result": {
    "ids": [
      "id 1",
      "id 2",
      "id ...",
      "id n"
    ]
  }
}

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