[[java-rest-high-multi-search-template]]
=== Multi-Search-Template API

The `multiSearchTemplate` API executes multiple <<java-rest-high-search-template,`search template`>>
requests in a single http request in parallel.

[[java-rest-high-multi-search-template-request]]
==== Multi-Search-Template Request

The `MultiSearchTemplateRequest` is built empty and you add all of the searches that
you wish to execute to it:

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<1> Create an empty `MultiSearchTemplateRequest`.
<2> Create one or more `SearchTemplateRequest` objects and populate them just like you
would for a regular <<java-rest-high-search-template,`search template`>>.
<3> Add the `SearchTemplateRequest` to the `MultiSearchTemplateRequest`.

===== Optional arguments

The multiSearchTemplate's `max_concurrent_searches` request parameter can be used to control
the maximum number of concurrent searches the multi search api will execute.
This default is based on the number of data nodes and the default search thread pool size.

[[java-rest-high-multi-search-template-sync]]
==== Synchronous Execution

The `multiSearchTemplate` method executes `MultiSearchTemplateRequest`s synchronously:

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[[java-rest-high-multi-search-template-async]]
==== Asynchronous Execution

The `multiSearchTemplateAsync` method executes `MultiSearchTemplateRequest`s asynchronously,
calling the provided `ActionListener` when the response is ready.

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The parameters are the `MultiSearchTemplateRequest` to execute and the `ActionListener` to use when
the execution completes

The asynchronous method does not block and returns immediately. Once it is
completed the `ActionListener` is called back using the `onResponse` method
if the execution successfully completed or using the `onFailure` method if
it failed.

A typical listener for `MultiSearchTemplateResponse` looks like:

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<1> Called when the execution is successfully completed.
<2> Called when the whole `MultiSearchTemplateRequest` fails.

==== MultiSearchTemplateResponse

The `MultiSearchTemplateResponse` that is returned by executing the `multiSearchTemplate` method contains
a `MultiSearchTemplateResponse.Item` for each `SearchTemplateRequest` in the
`MultiSearchTemplateRequest`. Each `MultiSearchTemplateResponse.Item` contains an
exception in `getFailure` if the request failed or a
<<java-rest-high-search-response,`SearchResponse`>> in `getResponse` if
the request succeeded:

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<1> An array of responses is returned - one response for each request
<2> Failed search template requests have error messages
<3> Successful requests contain a <<java-rest-high-search-response,`SearchResponse`>> in
`getResponse`.