Hi Wouldn't you want the _query endpoint not the _search endpoint.
from the documentation curl -XDELETE 'http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/_query?q=user:kimchy' On 8 May 2015 at 16:01, <dp...@realtruck.com> wrote: > Hi Alan, > > Thanks for your help. > > Here is the query that finally got me some results: > > curl XGET 'httpd:// > 192.168.1.72:9200/logstash-2015.05.01/_search?q=message:'Error in the RPC > receive'' > > This gives me the information I wanted to confirm before I deleted. > > { > "took": 1990, > "timed_out": false, > "_shards": { > "total": 5, > "successful": 5, > "failed": 0 > }, > "hits": { > "total": 123503, > "max_score": 2.8327804, > "hits": [ > { > ...foo... > > When I switch this to this command (curl XDELETE 'httpd:// > 192.168.1.72:9200/logstash-2015.05.01/_search?q=message:'Error in the RPC > receive''), The other node in the cluster has an issue: > > { > > "error": > "RemoteTransportException[[es-logstash-n2][inet[/192.168.1.80:9301]][indices:admin/mapping/delete]]; > nested: TypeMissingException[[_all] type[[_search]] missing: No index has > the type.]; ", > > "status": 404 > > } > > > > > On Friday, May 8, 2015 at 9:38:31 AM UTC-5, Allan Mitchell wrote: >> >> Hi >> >> Then it definitely sounds like delete_by_query is your friend here. >> Follow the link I sent earlier. If it not what you want then come back and >> tell us why. >> >> Allan >> >> On 8 May 2015 at 15:15, <dp...@realtruck.com> wrote: >> >>> I haven't gotten any real results to share with what I've done. I'm >>> still learning API calls. But what I was using as a search parameter was >>> this: curl -XPOST 'http://192.168.1.72:9200/_search?1=tag:message' >>> >>> Here is an example of the raw json message: >>> > {"message":"[ warning] [vmusr:vmusr] Error in the RPC receive loop: >>> RpcIn: Unable to >>> send.\n","@version":"1","@timestamp":"2015-05-06T05:22:45.000Z","host":" >>> 192.168.1.38:64173","type":"windowsEventLog","logType":"windowsEventLog","EventTime":"2015-05-06 >>> 00:22:45","Hostname":"server.local","Keywords":36028797018963970,"EventType":"WARNING","SeverityValue":3,"Severity":"WARNING","EventID":1000,"SourceName":"VMware >>> Tools","Task":0,"RecordNumber":10516558,"ProcessID":0,"ThreadID":0,"Channel":"Application","Domain":"REALTRUCK","AccountName":"User","UserID":"User","AccountType":"User","Opcode":"Info","EventReceivedTime":1430889766,"SourceModuleName":"eventlog","SourceModuleType":"im_msvistalog","receivedAt":"2015-05-06 >>> 05:22:46 UTC"} >>> >>> My intended goal is to search the message for the string "Error in the >>> RPC receive loop", and if the entry contains this text string, delete the >>> entry. >>> >>> -- >>> Please update your bookmarks! We moved to https://discuss.elastic.co/ >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "elasticsearch" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/422e1224-20fb-4dca-b891-e482e08e6de0%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/422e1224-20fb-4dca-b891-e482e08e6de0%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- > Please update your bookmarks! We moved to https://discuss.elastic.co/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to elasticsearch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/490f6957-9ac9-4570-bbf7-54377457a3ad%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/490f6957-9ac9-4570-bbf7-54377457a3ad%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Please update your bookmarks! We moved to https://discuss.elastic.co/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to elasticsearch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAECdJzDP%3DNiP%2BOoiL_1xEfvs4fXRE%3DpG11YwZB%2BxuoB5mWWHCQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.