{ "update": { "documentation": "http://elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/api/update/", "methods": ["POST"], "url": { "path": "/{index}/{type}/{id}/_update", "paths": ["/{index}/{type}/{id}/_update"], "parts": { "id": { "type" : "string", "required" : true, "description" : "Document ID" }, "index": { "type" : "string", "required" : true, "description" : "The name of the index" }, "type": { "type" : "string", "required" : true, "description" : "The type of the document" } }, "params": { "consistency": { "type" : "enum", "options" : ["one", "quorum", "all"], "description" : "Explicit write consistency setting for the operation" }, "fields": { "type": "list", "description" : "A comma-separated list of fields to return in the response" }, "lang": { "type" : "string", "description" : "The script language (default: mvel)" }, "parent": { "type" : "string", "description" : "ID of the parent document" }, "percolate": { "type" : "string", "description" : "Perform percolation during the operation; use specific registered query name, attribute, or wildcard" }, "refresh": { "type" : "boolean", "description" : "Refresh the index after performing the operation" }, "replication": { "type" : "enum", "options" : ["sync","async"], "default" : "sync", "description" : "Specific replication type" }, "retry_on_conflict": { "type" : "number", "description" : "Specify how many times should the operation be retried when a conflict occurs (default: 0)" }, "routing": { "type" : "string", "description" : "Specific routing value" }, "script": { "description" : "The URL-encoded script definition (instead of using request body)" }, "timeout": { "type" : "time", "description" : "Explicit operation timeout" }, "timestamp": { "type" : "time", "description" : "Explicit timestamp for the document" }, "ttl": { "type" : "duration", "description" : "Expiration time for the document" }, "version" : { "type" : "number", "description" : "Explicit version number for concurrency control" }, "version_type": { "type" : "enum", "options" : ["internal","external"], "description" : "Specific version type" } } }, "body": { "description" : "The request definition using either `script` or partial `doc`" } } }