# Delete or update document without document\_id

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-or-update-document-without-document-id/267375>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [March 16, 2021, 1:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-or-update-document-without-document-id/267375 "2021-03-16T13:20:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 3:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-or-update-document-without-document-id/267375/4 "2021-03-16T15:46:12Z")

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There is an example of connecting to elasticsearch using an http filter [here](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-fields-from-documents-based-on-their-value/200270/7). It is an update rather than update-by-query, but the API documentation explains how to do the latter.

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