# Definition of status code being returned when Indexing

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/definition-of-status-code-being-returned-when-indexing/33955>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 6, 2015, 8:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/definition-of-status-code-being-returned-when-indexing/33955 "2015-11-06T08:22:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Angelis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/13edae/32.png) [@Angelis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Angelis)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 8:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/definition-of-status-code-being-returned-when-indexing/33955/1 "2015-11-06T08:22:46Z")

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I have been trying to find some information about the status codes being returned when I index data, but I have had no success. Can anybody point me to the spot in the docs that this is documented?

An example:

> { "took" : 3,  
> "errors" : false,  
> "items" : [ {  
> "index" : {  
> "\_index" : "ib\_1",  
> "\_type" : "individuals",  
> "\_id" : "42",  
> "\_version" : 17,  
> **"status" : 200** }}]}

In the above example I know status 200 indicates a successful update (based on experience), but what are the meanings of all the other statuses being returned?

Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 8:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/definition-of-status-code-being-returned-when-indexing/33955/2 "2015-11-06T08:36:10Z")

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Basically it's this: [http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html](http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html)

Note that you should rely only on the http status code and not on the status field as it has been removed in 2.0 IIRC.

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**Author:** ![Angelis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/13edae/32.png) [@Angelis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Angelis)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 8:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/definition-of-status-code-being-returned-when-indexing/33955/3 "2015-11-06T08:56:31Z")

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Thanks for the info.

I am assuming it is still used for the Bulk API? Is that assumption correct?

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 9:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/definition-of-status-code-being-returned-when-indexing/33955/4 "2015-11-06T09:52:04Z")

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You're right. I missed you were talking about bulk API.

`status` is still [there](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/blob/master/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/BulkItemResponse.java#L48).

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**Author:** ![Angelis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/13edae/32.png) [@Angelis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Angelis)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 11:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/definition-of-status-code-being-returned-when-indexing/33955/5 "2015-11-06T11:11:39Z")

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Perfect, 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:** [July 5, 2017, 11:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/definition-of-status-code-being-returned-when-indexing/33955/6 "2017-07-05T23:40:10Z")

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