We're updating our infra to do regularly scheduled batch updates of data to typesense to reduce the likelihood that we overload our cluster. For adding data that is simple enough (use import), but I'm wondering what the best way to bulk delete documents is. It looks like I can delete by query, but if I remember correctly, typesense doesn't support OR queries, so there is no way to issue a request like this ("pseudocode"):

DELETE id:1 OR id:2 OR id:3

is that correct? is there some other way to achieve a bulk delete?

If your collection has a numerical field, then you can issue a query like

field:>= 0

which will cover all records and delete them.

I want to bulk delete specific documents

Then

[0, 1, 2]

is the OR notation

gotcha,

filter_by=id:[1,2,3]

?

Yes

cool, yes I assumed this requires me to index

id

I just looked. We have to add direct support for using the ID field without an explicit index. Can you please create a github issue for tracking?

I'll create an issue. I can imagine it being nice to bulk delete by id out of the box, but I'll index for now.

We impose a 4K char limit on the GET params sent. We might have to support DELETE request body to overcome this limitation.

kk good to know, thanks!