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Limits on Multi-search Operations

TLDR Jim queries about a discrepancy between the documentation and error message regarding multi-search limits. Jason clarifies it’s a documentation typo, the default limit is 50.

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Nov 16, 2021 (24 months ago)

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Jim

06:51 PM

Is there a default limit to the number of searches you can include in a multi-search? The documentation seems to say that there is no limit unless you specify the "limit_multi_searches" argument, but if I try too large of a multisearch, I get an error saying "Number of multi searches exceeds limit_multi_searches parameter", even though I'm not specifying that parameter

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Jason

07:01 PM

Hmm Jim may I know the number of multi-searches that triggers that error?

Jim

07:07 PM

I got it when doing a multi-search with 1000 searches. I don't actually need to do that many in one go, but I'm trying to figure out the limits for my application. I also haven't experimented enough to figure out exactly where the limit is. 50 works, 1000 doesn't, but I haven't tried 100, 500, etc.

Jason

07:08 PM

Just checked the code, the docs have a typo. The default limit is actually 50, not unlimited

07:09

Jason

07:09 PM

But can be changed using the limit_multi_searches param

Jim

07:09 PM

Thank you!

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