# Swiftype Document Expiration API does not seem to work
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/swiftype-document-expiration-api-does-not-seem-to-work/224322
**Category:** Elastic Search
**Tags:** elastic-site-search
**Created:** [March 19, 2020, 10:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/swiftype-document-expiration-api-does-not-seem-to-work/224322 "2020-03-19T22:16:50Z")
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### Author:  [@bhsiaoNFLX](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bhsiaoNFLX)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2020, 10:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/swiftype-document-expiration-api-does-not-seem-to-work/224322/1 "2020-03-19T22:16:51Z")
I believe I may have found an issue with Swiftype's Document Expiration API: [Document Indexing | Swiftype Documentation](https://swiftype.com/documentation/site-search/indexing#expiration). I followed what the API docs said to do in regards to `expires_after` and `precise_expiration`,
but no matter what I try I always seem to get back a record that should have already expired.
See below for a minimal bash script that reproduces the issue (API KEY omitted intentionally). It creates a dummy document MY\_DOC for MY\_ENGINE\_KEY with a randomized string and `expires_after` 60 seconds in the future, waits for 70 seconds, then runs a search query, with `precise_expiration` set, against the same randomized string. The expectation is that the record should have expired already, therefore no record should get return, however, I always seem to get 1 back.
The following test script reproduces the bug:
```auto
#! /bin/bash
export LC_CTYPE=C
export random_search_string=$(cat /dev/random | tr -dc "[:alpha:]" | head -c 32)
export ONE_MINUTE_LATER=$(date -v+1M +%s)
export MY_DOC=""
export MY_ENGINE_KEY=""
export MY_API_KEY=""
printf "Search string: $random_search_string\n"
printf "Creating '"$MY_DOC"' record with expire_after 60 seconds in the future\n"
curl -X POST 'https://api.swiftype.com/api/v1/engines/'"$MY_ENGINE_KEY"'/document_types/'"$MY_DOC"'/documents/async_bulk_create_or_update' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
"auth_token": "'"$MY_API_KEY"'",
"documents":
[
{
"expires_after": '"$ONE_MINUTE_LATER"',
"external_id": "33333",
"fields": [
{
"name": "external_id",
"value": 33333,
"type": "string"
},
{
"name": "text",
"value": "Dummy_title",
"type": "string"
},
{
"name": "slug",
"value": "dummy-slug",
"type": "string"
},
{
"name": "lever_id",
"value": "dummy_lever_id",
"type": "string"
},
{
"name": "location",
"value": "Los Gatos, California",
"type": "string"
},
{
"name": "state",
"value": "published",
"type": "string"
},
{
"name": "url",
"value": "https://jobs.netflix.com/jobs/33333",
"type": "enum"
},
{
"name": "created_at",
"value": "Wed Sep 05 2018 23:43:56 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)",
"type": "date"
},
{
"name": "description",
"value": "dummy description",
"type": "text"
},
{
"name": "lever_team",
"value": "dummy lever team",
"type": "string"
},
{
"name": "search_text",
"value": "'"$random_search_string"'",
"type": "text"
},
{
"name": "subteam",
"value": "dummy subteam",
"type": "string"
},
{
"name": "organization",
"value": "dummy org",
"type": "string"
},
{
"name": "team",
"value": "dummy team",
"type": "string"
}
]
}
]
}'
printf "\nWait 70 seconds..."
sleep 70s
printf "\nCalling search with precise_expiration flag"
# Actual record_count:1, Expected: record_count:0
curl -XGET 'https://search-api.swiftype.com/api/v1/engines/'"$MY_ENGINE_KEY"'/document_types/'"$MY_DOC"'/search.json' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
"auth_token": "'"$MY_API_KEY"'",
"q": "'"$random_search_string"'",
"precise_expiration": {
"'$MY_DOC'": true
}
}'
```
Here's a sample output I get when I run the script on my macbook:
```
Search string: GoeUwAJkYlKATKPrrPfJntygnyKCUkoy
Creating 'postings' record with expire_after 60 seconds in the future
{"batch_link":"https://api.swiftype.com/api/v1/document_receipts.json?ids=5e753ac882ecd375041dc72f","document_receipts":[{"id":"5e753ac882ecd375041dc72f","external_id":"33333","status":"pending","errors":[],"links":{"document_receipt":"https://api.swiftype.com/api/v1/document_receipts/5e753ac882ecd375041dc72f.json","document":null}}]}
Wait 70 seconds...
Calling search with precise_expiration flag{"record_count":1,"records":{"postings":[{"text":"Dummy_title","lever_id":"dummy_lever_id","team":"dummy team","slug":"dummy-slug","external_id":"33333","description":"dummy description","url":"https://jobs.netflix.com/jobs/33333","search_text":"GoeUwAJkYlKATKPrrPfJntygnyKCUkoy","state":"published","updated_at":"2020-03-20T21:51:04+00:00","created_at":"2018-09-05T23:43:56Z","location":"Los Gatos, California","organization":"dummy org","subteam":"dummy subteam","lever_team":"dummy lever team","_index":"5e1367e6c35bc9473d5fe272","_type":"5e74278682ecd314521dab28","_score":11.990819,"_version":null,"_explanation":null,"sort":null,"id":"5e74278d28ccbc113e741f21","highlight":{}}]},"info":{"postings":{"query":"GoeUwAJkYlKATKPrrPfJntygnyKCUkoy","current_page":1,"num_pages":1,"per_page":20,"total_result_count":1,"facets":{}}},"errors":{}}
```
The important part of this output is that **record\_count** is **1** and not **0**.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2020, 7:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/swiftype-document-expiration-api-does-not-seem-to-work/224322/3 "2020-05-13T07:18:21Z")
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