Clarifying Filter_by IDs in API Requests
TLDR Richard asked about deleting multiple documents by ID using filter_by=id: [id1, id2, id3]. Jason clarified that it should be filter_by=id:=[1,2,3] and recommended using := for exact matches.
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Feb 14, 2023 (8 months ago)
Richard
05:49 PMfilter_by=id: [id1, id2, id3] does that mean ?filter_by=id:1,2,3&batch_size=100 or ?filter_by=id:[1,2,3]&batch_size=100
Jason
06:08 PMfilter_by=id:=[1,2,3]Jason
06:09 PM:= instead of : so it does an exact match and not a contains (word-level) when filteringRichard
06:10 PM1
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