{
  "delete_by_query": {
    "documentation": "http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/api/delete-by-query/",
    "methods": ["DELETE"],
    "url": {
      "path": "/{index}/_query",
      "paths": ["/{index}/_query", "/{index}/{type}/_query"],
      "parts": {
        "index": {
          "type" : "list",
          "required": true,
          "description" : "A comma-separated list of indices to restrict the operation; use `_all` to perform the operation on all indices"
        },
        "type": {
          "type" : "list",
          "description" : "A comma-separated list of types to restrict the operation"
        }
      },
      "params": {
        "analyzer": {
          "type" : "string",
          "description" : "The analyzer to use for the query string"
        },
        "consistency": {
          "type" : "enum",
          "options" : ["one", "quorum", "all"],
          "description" : "Specific write consistency setting for the operation"
        },
        "default_operator": {
          "type" : "enum",
          "options" : ["AND","OR"],
          "default" : "OR",
          "description" : "The default operator for query string query (AND or OR)"
        },
        "df": {
          "type" : "string",
          "description" : "The field to use as default where no field prefix is given in the query string"
        },
        "ignore_indices": {
          "type" : "enum",
          "options" : ["none","missing"],
          "default" : "none",
          "description" : "When performed on multiple indices, allows to ignore `missing` ones"
        },
        "replication": {
          "type" : "enum",
          "options" : ["sync","async"],
          "default" : "sync",
          "description" : "Specific replication type"
        },
        "q": {
          "type" : "string",
          "description" : "Query in the Lucene query string syntax"
        },
        "routing": {
          "type" : "string",
          "description" : "Specific routing value"
        },
        "source": {
          "type" : "string",
          "description" : "The URL-encoded query definition (instead of using the request body)"
        },
        "timeout": {
          "type" : "time",
          "description" : "Explicit operation timeout"
        }
      }
    },
    "body": {
      "description" : "A query to restrict the operation"
    }
  }
}