NodeJs-ElasticSearch Bulk API error handling - node.js

Question

I can't find any documentation on what happens if Elastic Bulk API fails on one or more of the actions. For example, for the following request, let's say there is already a document with id "3", so "create" should fail- does this fail all of the other actions?
{ "index" : { "_index" : "test", "_type" : "type1", "_id" : "1" } }
{ "field1" : "value1" }
{ "delete" : { "_index" : "test", "_type" : "type1", "_id" : "2" } }
{ "create" : { "_index" : "test", "_type" : "type1", "_id" : "3" } }
{ "field1" : "value3" }
{ "update" : {"_id" : "1", "_type" : "type1", "_index" : "index1"} }
{ "doc" : {"field2" : "value2"} }
I'm using nodejs elastic module.

Answer 1

No failures in one action does not affect the others .
From the documentation of elasticsearch bulk api :
The response to a bulk action is a large JSON structure with the
individual results of each action that was performed. The failure of a
single action does not affect the remaining actions.
In the response from elasticsearch client there is status in response corresponding to each action to determine if it was a failure or not
Example:
client.bulk({
body: [
// action description
{ index: { _index: 'test', _type: 'test', _id: 1 } },
// the document to index
{ title: 'foo' },
// action description
{ update: { _index: 'test', _type: 'test', _id: 332 } },
// the document to update
{ doc: { title: 'foo' } },
// action description
{ delete: { _index: 'test', _type: 'test', _id: 33 } },
// no document needed for this delete
]
}, function (err, resp) {
if(resp.errors) {
console.log(JSON.stringify(resp, null, '\t'));
}
});
Response:
{
"took": 13,
"errors": true,
"items": [
{
"index": {
"_index": "test",
"_type": "test",
"_id": "1",
"_version": 20,
"_shards": {
"total": 2,
"successful": 1,
"failed": 0
},
"status": 200
}
},
{
"update": {
"_index": "test",
"_type": "test",
"_id": "332",
"status": 404,
"error": {
"type": "document_missing_exception",
"reason": "[test][332]: document missing",
"shard": "-1",
"index": "test"
}
}
},
{
"delete": {
"_index": "test",
"_type": "test",
"_id": "33",
"_version": 2,
"_shards": {
"total": 2,
"successful": 1,
"failed": 0
},
"status": 404,
"found": false
}
}
]
}