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[[indices-optimize]]
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== Optimize
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The optimize API allows to optimize one or more indices through an API.
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The optimize process basically optimizes the index for faster search
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operations (and relates to the number of segments a Lucene index holds
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within each shard). The optimize operation allows to reduce the number
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of segments by merging them.
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[source,js]
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$ curl -XPOST 'http://localhost:9200/twitter/_optimize'
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[float]
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[[optimize-parameters]]
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=== Request Parameters
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The optimize API accepts the following request parameters:
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[horizontal]
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`max_num_segments`:: The number of segments to optimize to. To fully
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optimize the index, set it to `1`. Defaults to simply checking if a
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merge needs to execute, and if so, executes it.
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`only_expunge_deletes`:: Should the optimize process only expunge segments with
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deletes in it. In Lucene, a document is not deleted from a segment, just marked
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as deleted. During a merge process of segments, a new segment is created that
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does not have those deletes. This flag allows to only merge segments that have
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deletes. Defaults to `false`. Note that this won't override the
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`index.merge.policy.expunge_deletes_allowed` threshold.
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`flush`:: Should a flush be performed after the optimize. Defaults to
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`true`.
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`wait_for_merge`:: Should the request wait for the merge to end. Defaults
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to `true`. Note, a merge can potentially be a very heavy operation, so
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it might make sense to run it set to `false`.
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[float]
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[[optimize-multi-index]]
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=== Multi Index
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The optimize API can be applied to more than one index with a single
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call, or even on `_all` the indices.
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[source,js]
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--------------------------------------------------
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$ curl -XPOST 'http://localhost:9200/kimchy,elasticsearch/_optimize'
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$ curl -XPOST 'http://localhost:9200/_optimize'
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--------------------------------------------------
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