# Is IndexRequestBuilder reusable?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-indexrequestbuilder-reusable/8152>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 19, 2012, 9:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-indexrequestbuilder-reusable/8152 "2012-06-19T09:05:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![israel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b77776/32.png) [@israel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/israel)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 9:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-indexrequestbuilder-reusable/8152/1 "2012-06-19T09:05:02Z")

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Hi,

Can I reuse an IndexRequestBuilder instance or must I create a new one for  
each request?

Thanks,

Israel

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**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 8:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-indexrequestbuilder-reusable/8152/2 "2012-06-21T08:08:10Z")

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You can potentially reuse it, just not across threads.

On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 11:05 AM, Israel Klein [israel.klein@gmail.com](mailto:israel.klein@gmail.com)wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Can I reuse an IndexRequestBuilder instance or must I create a new one for  
> each request?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Israel

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**Author:** ![israel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b77776/32.png) [@israel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/israel)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2012, 11:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-indexrequestbuilder-reusable/8152/3 "2012-06-24T11:38:09Z")

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10x

On Thursday, June 21, 2012 11:08:10 AM UTC+3, kimchy wrote:

> You can potentially reuse it, just not across threads.
> 
> On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 11:05 AM, Israel Klein [israel.klein@gmail.com](mailto:israel.klein@gmail.com)wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Can I reuse an IndexRequestBuilder instance or must I create a new one  
> > for each request?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Israel

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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 6, 2017, 3:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-indexrequestbuilder-reusable/8152/4 "2017-07-06T03:22:49Z")

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