# Shrink- multiply index by painless script
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shrink-multiply-index-by-painless-script/321590
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Tags:** painless
**Created:** [December 19, 2022, 7:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shrink-multiply-index-by-painless-script/321590 "2022-12-19T19:29:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@INS](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/INS)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2022, 7:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shrink-multiply-index-by-painless-script/321590/1 "2022-12-19T19:29:58Z")
Hi
Do You have any ideas how to make a painless scripts for shrink- multiply index
I have many of index where I need to merge a few a small shard into one?
based on:
> **[Shrink index API | Elasticsearch Guide \[8.5\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-shrink-index.html)**
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### Author:  [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2022, 7:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shrink-multiply-index-by-painless-script/321590/2 "2022-12-19T19:54:34Z")
You need to call the shrink API from an external script/application.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2023, 7:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shrink-multiply-index-by-painless-script/321590/3 "2023-01-16T19:55:14Z")
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