Update By Query
The simplest usage of _update_by_query just performs an update on every document in the index without changing the source. This is useful to pick up a new property or some other online mapping change.
'use strict'
const { Client } = require('@elastic/elasticsearch')
const client = new Client({
cloud: { id: '<cloud-id>' },
auth: { apiKey: 'base64EncodedKey' }
})
async function run () {
await client.index({
index: 'game-of-thrones',
document: {
character: 'Ned Stark',
quote: 'Winter is coming.'
}
})
await client.index({
index: 'game-of-thrones',
refresh: true,
document: {
character: 'Arya Stark',
quote: 'A girl is Arya Stark of Winterfell. And I\'m going home.'
}
})
await client.updateByQuery({
index: 'game-of-thrones',
refresh: true,
script: {
lang: 'painless',
source: 'ctx._source["house"] = "stark"'
},
query: {
match: {
character: 'stark'
}
}
})
const result = await client.search({
index: 'game-of-thrones',
query: { match_all: {} }
})
console.log(result.hits.hits)
}
run().catch(console.log)