# Check for 'request health' without actually changing anything

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/check-for-request-health-without-actually-changing-anything/72196>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 19, 2017, 5:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/check-for-request-health-without-actually-changing-anything/72196 "2017-01-19T17:04:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![salazar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/salazar/32/14740_2.png) [@salazar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/salazar)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 5:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/check-for-request-health-without-actually-changing-anything/72196/1 "2017-01-19T17:04:21Z")

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Hey folks,

My first post here.

If one wants to only check the health of a request (e.g., an update operation) without actually running it, what would be the options? Is there any way?

EDIT: elaborating a bit; for a DELETE operation, I speculate it'd be enough to check if the document exists; for an update, which can include, for instance, a script, it wouldn't be as straightforward.

Thanks! 🙂

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2017, 5:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/check-for-request-health-without-actually-changing-anything/72196/2 "2017-02-16T17:04:33Z")

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Closed on February 16, 2017, 5:04pm UTC

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