Elasticsearch Jest update a whole document

Question

I have an elasticsearch server which i'm accessing via a java server using the Jest client and i was looking for the best way to update multiple fields of a document each time.

I have looked to the documentation so far, and i have found that there are two way for doing it :

1. Partial update via a script : i don't think it is suitable for multiple field update (because i don't know the modified fields).
2. Whole document update: via re-indexing the whole document.

My question is how could i update the whole document knowing that Jest provide only update via a script?

Is it the best way to delete a document and indexing the updated version?

Answer 1

Already answered this in the github issue you also opened but again:

You should use the second way you linked (Whole document update) and there is no special API for it, it's just a regular index request. So you can do it simply by sending your Index request against the id of the document you want to update.

For example assuming you have below document already indexed in Elasticsearch within index people, type food, id 9:

{"user": "kramer", "fav_food": "jello"}

Then you would do:

String source = "{\"user\": \"kramer\", \"fav_food\": \"pizza\"}";
JestResult result = client.execute(
            new Index.Builder(source)
                    .index("people")
                    .type("food")
                    .id(9)
                    .build()
    );