# Bulk API JAva
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bulk-api-java/80762
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [March 30, 2017, 11:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bulk-api-java/80762 "2017-03-30T23:10:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@billnbell](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/billnbell)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2017, 11:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bulk-api-java/80762/1 "2017-03-30T23:10:18Z")
Do we need to close() the bulk request? Or can we just ignore it if we have 0 requests in there?
```
> if (bulk.numberOfActions() > 0) {
> LOGGER.debug("Elasticsearch Writing [{}]", bulk.request().requests().size());
> BulkResponse bulkResponse = bulk.get();
> if (bulkResponse.hasFailures()) {
> for (BulkItemResponse r : bulkResponse.getItems()) {
> LOGGER.warn("Errors on Bulk Update {}", r.getFailureMessage());
> }
> }
> if (isImmediate) {
> commitTransaction(client, true);
> }
> } else {
> // ANYTHING HERE?
> LOGGER.info("Elasticsearch bulk request was 0 actions");
> }
```
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### Author:  [@Igor\_Motov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Igor_Motov)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2017, 11:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bulk-api-java/80762/2 "2017-03-30T23:37:01Z")
If you mean BulkRequestBuilder, it is not closable, so you don't need to and and cannot close it.
By the way, have you seen [BulkProcessor](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/java-api/current/java-docs-bulk-processor.html)? It is typically a good place to start when you are dealing with bulk indexing from java.
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### Author:  [@billnbell](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/billnbell)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2017, 9:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bulk-api-java/80762/3 "2017-04-04T21:42:48Z")
Question for you.
We are using:
> bulk.add(client.prepareUpdate(newIndexname, documentType, documentId)
> .setScript(new Script(ScriptType.INLINE, "painless", "ctx.\_source." + DATA\_FIELD + "." + field + ".remove(ctx.\_source." + DATA\_FIELD + "." + field + ".indexOf(params.val));", params))
> .setDetectNoop(false));
Will this work with the Bulk Processor?
There appears to be only these 2 calls with it?
> bulkProcessor.add(new IndexRequest("twitter", "tweet", "1").source(/\* your doc here \*/));
> bulkProcessor.add(new DeleteRequest("twitter", "tweet", "2"));
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### Author:  [@Igor\_Motov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Igor_Motov)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2017, 10:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bulk-api-java/80762/4 "2017-04-04T22:51:12Z")
The method signature is `public BulkProcessor add(DocWriteRequest request)` and `DocWriteRequest` is implemented by `DeleteRequest`, `IndexRequest`, and `UpdateRequest`. Did you try it? Did you get any error messages?
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### Author:  [@billnbell](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/billnbell)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2017, 9:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bulk-api-java/80762/5 "2017-04-06T21:46:01Z")
Thanks that works.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2017, 9:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bulk-api-java/80762/6 "2017-05-04T21:46:02Z")
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