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# Batch update points

POST http://localhost:6333/collections/{collection_name}/points/batch
Content-Type: application/json

Batch updates points, including their respective vectors and payloads.

Reference: https://api.qdrant.tech/api-reference/points/batch-update

## Authentication

- `api-key` header (required) — API Key authentication via header

## Servers

- `http://localhost:6333` (http, default)
- `https://localhost:6333` (https)

## Request

### Path parameters

- `collection_name` (string, required) — Name of the collection to apply operations on

### Query parameters

- `wait` (boolean, optional) — If true, wait for changes to actually happen
- `ordering` (enum, optional) — define ordering guarantees for the operation
  - Allowed values: `weak`, `medium`, `strong`

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects an UpdateOperations.

- `operations` (list of UpdateOperation, required)

## Response

### 200

successful operation

- `usage` (CollectionsCollectionNamePointsBatchPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaUsage, optional)
- `time` (double, optional) — Time spent to process this request
- `status` (string, optional)
- `result` (list of UpdateResult, optional)

## Types

### UpdateOperation

### CollectionsCollectionNamePointsBatchPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaUsage

### UpdateResult

- `status` (enum, required) — `Acknowledged` - Request is saved to WAL and will be process in a queue. `Completed` - Request is completed, changes are actual.
  - Allowed values: `acknowledged`, `completed`
- `operation_id` (uint64, optional, nullable) — Sequential number of the operation

### UpsertOperation

- `upsert` (PointInsertOperations, required)

### DeleteOperation

- `delete` (PointsSelector, required)

### SetPayloadOperation

- `set_payload` (SetPayload, required) — This data structure is used in API interface and applied across multiple shards

### OverwritePayloadOperation

- `overwrite_payload` (SetPayload, required) — This data structure is used in API interface and applied across multiple shards

### DeletePayloadOperation

- `delete_payload` (DeletePayload, required) — This data structure is used in API interface and applied across multiple shards

### ClearPayloadOperation

- `clear_payload` (PointsSelector, required)

### UpdateVectorsOperation

- `update_vectors` (UpdateVectors, required)

### DeleteVectorsOperation

- `delete_vectors` (DeleteVectors, required)

### HardwareUsage

Usage of the hardware resources, spent to process the request

- `cpu` (integer, required)
- `payload_io_read` (integer, required)
- `payload_io_write` (integer, required)
- `payload_index_io_read` (integer, required)
- `payload_index_io_write` (integer, required)
- `vector_io_read` (integer, required)
- `vector_io_write` (integer, required)

### PointInsertOperations

### PointsSelector

### SetPayload

This data structure is used in API interface and applied across multiple shards

- `payload` (map from string to any, required)
- `points` (list of ExtendedPointId, optional, nullable) — Assigns payload to each point in this list
- `filter` (SetPayloadFilter, optional) — Assigns payload to each point that satisfy this filter condition
- `shard_key` (SetPayloadShardKey, optional)
- `key` (string, optional, nullable) — Assigns payload to each point that satisfy this path of property

### DeletePayload

This data structure is used in API interface and applied across multiple shards

- `keys` (list of string, required) — List of payload keys to remove from payload
- `points` (list of ExtendedPointId, optional, nullable) — Deletes values from each point in this list
- `filter` (DeletePayloadFilter, optional) — Deletes values from points that satisfy this filter condition
- `shard_key` (DeletePayloadShardKey, optional)

### UpdateVectors

- `points` (list of PointVectors, required) — Points with named vectors
- `shard_key` (UpdateVectorsShardKey, optional)

### DeleteVectors

- `vector` (list of string, required) — Vector names
- `points` (list of ExtendedPointId, optional, nullable) — Deletes values from each point in this list
- `filter` (DeleteVectorsFilter, optional) — Deletes values from points that satisfy this filter condition
- `shard_key` (DeleteVectorsShardKey, optional)

### PointsBatch

- `batch` (Batch, required)
- `shard_key` (PointsBatchShardKey, optional)

### PointsList

- `points` (list of PointStruct, required)
- `shard_key` (PointsListShardKey, optional)

### PointIdsList

- `points` (list of ExtendedPointId, required)
- `shard_key` (PointIdsListShardKey, optional)

### FilterSelector

- `filter` (Filter, required)
- `shard_key` (FilterSelectorShardKey, optional)

### ExtendedPointId

Type, used for specifying point ID in user interface

### SetPayloadFilter

Assigns payload to each point that satisfy this filter condition

### SetPayloadShardKey

### DeletePayloadFilter

Deletes values from points that satisfy this filter condition

### DeletePayloadShardKey

### PointVectors

- `id` (ExtendedPointId, required) — Type, used for specifying point ID in user interface
- `vector` (VectorStruct, required) — Full vector data per point separator with single and multiple vector modes

### UpdateVectorsShardKey

### DeleteVectorsFilter

Deletes values from points that satisfy this filter condition

### DeleteVectorsShardKey

### Batch

- `ids` (list of ExtendedPointId, required)
- `vectors` (BatchVectorStruct, required)
- `payloads` (list of BatchPayloadsItems, optional, nullable)

### PointsBatchShardKey

### PointStruct

- `id` (ExtendedPointId, required) — Type, used for specifying point ID in user interface
- `vector` (VectorStruct, required) — Full vector data per point separator with single and multiple vector modes
- `payload` (PointStructPayload, optional) — Payload values (optional)

### PointsListShardKey

### PointIdsListShardKey

### Filter

- `should` (FilterShould, optional) — At least one of those conditions should match
- `min_should` (FilterMinShould, optional) — At least minimum amount of given conditions should match
- `must` (FilterMust, optional) — All conditions must match
- `must_not` (FilterMustNot, optional) — All conditions must NOT match

### FilterSelectorShardKey

### VectorStruct

Full vector data per point separator with single and multiple vector modes

### BatchVectorStruct

### BatchPayloadsItems

### PointStructPayload

Payload values (optional)

### FilterShould

At least one of those conditions should match

### FilterMinShould

At least minimum amount of given conditions should match

### FilterMust

All conditions must match

### FilterMustNot

All conditions must NOT match

### Document

WARN: Work-in-progress, unimplemented Text document for embedding. Requires inference infrastructure, unimplemented.

- `text` (string, required) — Text of the document This field will be used as input for the embedding model
- `model` (string, required) — Name of the model used to generate the vector List of available models depends on a provider
- `options` (map from string to any, optional, nullable) — Parameters for the model Values of the parameters are model-specific

### Image

WARN: Work-in-progress, unimplemented Image object for embedding. Requires inference infrastructure, unimplemented.

- `image` (any, required) — Image data: base64 encoded image or an URL
- `model` (string, required) — Name of the model used to generate the vector List of available models depends on a provider
- `options` (map from string to any, optional, nullable) — Parameters for the model Values of the parameters are model-specific

### InferenceObject

WARN: Work-in-progress, unimplemented Custom object for embedding. Requires inference infrastructure, unimplemented.

- `object` (any, required) — Arbitrary data, used as input for the embedding model Used if the model requires more than one input or a custom input
- `model` (string, required) — Name of the model used to generate the vector List of available models depends on a provider
- `options` (map from string to any, optional, nullable) — Parameters for the model Values of the parameters are model-specific

### MinShould

- `conditions` (list of Condition, required)
- `min_count` (integer, required)

### Condition

### FieldCondition

All possible payload filtering conditions

- `key` (string, required) — Payload key
- `match` (FieldConditionMatch, optional) — Check if point has field with a given value
- `range` (FieldConditionRange, optional) — Check if points value lies in a given range
- `geo_bounding_box` (FieldConditionGeoBoundingBox, optional) — Check if points geolocation lies in a given area
- `geo_radius` (FieldConditionGeoRadius, optional) — Check if geo point is within a given radius
- `geo_polygon` (FieldConditionGeoPolygon, optional) — Check if geo point is within a given polygon
- `values_count` (FieldConditionValuesCount, optional) — Check number of values of the field
- `is_empty` (boolean, optional, nullable) — Check that the field is empty, alternative syntax for `is_empty: "field_name"`
- `is_null` (boolean, optional, nullable) — Check that the field is null, alternative syntax for `is_null: "field_name"`

### IsEmptyCondition

Select points with empty payload for a specified field

- `is_empty` (PayloadField, required) — Payload field

### IsNullCondition

Select points with null payload for a specified field

- `is_null` (PayloadField, required) — Payload field

### HasIdCondition

ID-based filtering condition

- `has_id` (list of ExtendedPointId, required)

### HasVectorCondition

Filter points which have specific vector assigned

- `has_vector` (string, required)

### NestedCondition

- `nested` (Nested, required) — Select points with payload for a specified nested field

### FieldConditionMatch

Check if point has field with a given value

### FieldConditionRange

Check if points value lies in a given range

### FieldConditionGeoBoundingBox

Check if points geolocation lies in a given area

### FieldConditionGeoRadius

Check if geo point is within a given radius

### FieldConditionGeoPolygon

Check if geo point is within a given polygon

### FieldConditionValuesCount

Check number of values of the field

### PayloadField

Payload field

- `key` (string, required) — Payload field name

### Nested

Select points with payload for a specified nested field

- `key` (string, required)
- `filter` (Filter, required)

### GeoBoundingBox

Geo filter request Matches coordinates inside the rectangle, described by coordinates of lop-left and bottom-right edges

- `top_left` (GeoPoint, required) — Geo point payload schema
- `bottom_right` (GeoPoint, required) — Geo point payload schema

### GeoRadius

Geo filter request Matches coordinates inside the circle of `radius` and center with coordinates `center`

- `center` (GeoPoint, required) — Geo point payload schema
- `radius` (double, required) — Radius of the area in meters

### GeoPolygon

Geo filter request Matches coordinates inside the polygon, defined by `exterior` and `interiors`

- `exterior` (GeoLineString, required) — Ordered sequence of GeoPoints representing the line
- `interiors` (list of GeoLineString, optional, nullable) — Interior lines (if present) bound holes within the surface each GeoLineString must consist of a minimum of 4 points, and the first and last points must be the same.

### ValuesCount

Values count filter request

- `lt` (integer, optional, nullable) — point.key.length() \< values\_count.lt
- `gt` (integer, optional, nullable) — point.key.length() > values_count.gt
- `gte` (integer, optional, nullable) — point.key.length() >= values_count.gte
- `lte` (integer, optional, nullable) — point.key.length() \<= values\_count.lte

### GeoPoint

Geo point payload schema

- `lon` (double, required)
- `lat` (double, required)

### GeoLineString

Ordered sequence of GeoPoints representing the line

- `points` (list of GeoPoint, required)

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "operations": [
    {
      "delete": {
        "filter": {}
      }
    }
  ]
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "usage": {
    "cpu": 1,
    "payload_io_read": 1,
    "payload_io_write": 1,
    "payload_index_io_read": 1,
    "payload_index_io_write": 1,
    "vector_io_read": 1,
    "vector_io_write": 1
  },
  "time": 0.002,
  "status": "ok",
  "result": [
    {
      "status": "acknowledged",
      "operation_id": 1
    }
  ]
}
```

**SDK Code**

```rust
use qdrant_client::qdrant::{
    points_selector::PointsSelectorOneOf,
    points_update_operation::{
        Operation, OverwritePayload, PointStructList, UpdateVectors,
    },
    PointStruct, PointVectors, PointsIdsList, PointsSelector, PointsUpdateOperation,
    UpdateBatchPointsBuilder,
};
use qdrant_client::{Qdrant, Payload};
use serde_json::json;
use std::collections::HashMap;

let client = Qdrant::from_url("http://localhost:6334").build()?;

client
    .update_points_batch(
        UpdateBatchPointsBuilder::new(
            "{collection_name}",
            vec![
                PointsUpdateOperation {
                    operation: Some(Operation::Upsert(PointStructList {
                        points: vec![PointStruct::new(
                            1,
                            vec![1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0],
                            Payload::try_from(json!({})).unwrap(),
                        )],
                        ..Default::default()
                    })),
                },
                PointsUpdateOperation {
                    operation: Some(Operation::UpdateVectors(UpdateVectors {
                        points: vec![PointVectors {
                            id: Some(1.into()),
                            vectors: Some(vec![1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0].into()),
                        }],
                        ..Default::default()
                    })),
                },
                PointsUpdateOperation {
                    operation: Some(Operation::OverwritePayload(OverwritePayload {
                        points_selector: Some(PointsSelector {
                            points_selector_one_of: Some(PointsSelectorOneOf::Points(
                                PointsIdsList {
                                    ids: vec![1.into()],
                                },
                            )),
                        }),
                        payload: HashMap::from([("test_payload".to_string(), 1.into())]),
                        ..Default::default()
                    })),
                },
            ],
        )
        .wait(true),
    )
    .await?;

```

```python
from qdrant_client import QdrantClient, models

client = QdrantClient(url="http://localhost:6333")

client.batch_update_points(
    collection_name="{collection_name}",
    update_operations=[
        models.UpsertOperation(
            upsert=models.PointsList(
                points=[
                    models.PointStruct(
                        id=1,
                        vector=[1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0],
                        payload={},
                    ),
                ]
            )
        ),
        models.UpdateVectorsOperation(
            update_vectors=models.UpdateVectors(
                points=[
                    models.PointVectors(
                        id=1,
                        vector=[1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0],
                    )
                ]
            )
        ),
        models.SetPayloadOperation(
            set_payload=models.SetPayload(
                payload={
                    "test_payload_2": 2,
                    "test_payload_3": 3,
                },
                points=[1],
            )
        ),
    ],
)

```

```typescript
import { QdrantClient } from "@qdrant/js-client-rest";

const client = new QdrantClient({ host: "localhost", port: 6333 });

client.batchUpdate("{collection_name}", {
    operations: [
        {
            upsert: {
                points: [
                    {
                        id: 1,
                        vector: [1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0],
                        payload: {},
                    },
                ],
            },
        },
        {
            update_vectors: {
                points: [
                    {
                        id: 1,
                        vector: [1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0],
                    },
                ],
            },
        },
        {
            set_payload: {
                payload: {
                    test_payload_2: 2,
                    test_payload_3: 3,
                },
                points: [1],
            },
        },
    ],
});

```

```go
package client

import (
	"context"

	"github.com/qdrant/go-client/qdrant"
)

func batchUpdate() {
	client, err := qdrant.NewClient(&qdrant.Config{
		Host: "localhost",
		Port: 6334,
	})
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	_, err = client.UpdateBatch(context.Background(), &qdrant.UpdateBatchPoints{
		CollectionName: "{collection_name}",
		Operations: []*qdrant.PointsUpdateOperation{
			qdrant.NewPointsUpdateUpsert(&qdrant.PointsUpdateOperation_PointStructList{
				Points: []*qdrant.PointStruct{{
					Id:      qdrant.NewIDNum(1),
					Vectors: qdrant.NewVectors(1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0),
				}},
			}),
			qdrant.NewPointsUpdateUpdateVectors(&qdrant.PointsUpdateOperation_UpdateVectors{
				Points: []*qdrant.PointVectors{
					{
						Id:      qdrant.NewIDNum(1),
						Vectors: qdrant.NewVectors(0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4),
					},
				},
			}),
			qdrant.NewPointsUpdateSetPayload(&qdrant.PointsUpdateOperation_SetPayload{
				PointsSelector: qdrant.NewPointsSelector(qdrant.NewIDNum(1)),
				Payload: qdrant.NewValueMap(map[string]any{
					"test_payload_2": 2,
					"test_payload_3": 3,
				}),
			}),
		},
	})
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
}

```

```java
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

import static io.qdrant.client.PointIdFactory.id;
import static io.qdrant.client.ValueFactory.value;
import static io.qdrant.client.VectorsFactory.vectors;

import io.qdrant.client.QdrantClient;
import io.qdrant.client.QdrantGrpcClient;

import io.qdrant.client.grpc.Points.PointStruct;
import io.qdrant.client.grpc.Points.PointVectors;
import io.qdrant.client.grpc.Points.PointsIdsList;
import io.qdrant.client.grpc.Points.PointsSelector;
import io.qdrant.client.grpc.Points.PointsUpdateOperation;
import io.qdrant.client.grpc.Points.PointsUpdateOperation.PointStructList;
import io.qdrant.client.grpc.Points.PointsUpdateOperation.SetPayload;
import io.qdrant.client.grpc.Points.PointsUpdateOperation.UpdateVectors;

QdrantClient client = new QdrantClient(
                QdrantGrpcClient.newBuilder("localhost", 6334, false).build());

client
    .batchUpdateAsync(
        "{collection_name}",
        List.of(
            PointsUpdateOperation.newBuilder()
            .setUpsert(
                PointStructList.newBuilder()
                .addPoints(
                    PointStruct.newBuilder()
                    .setId(id(1))
                    .setVectors(vectors(
                        1.0 f,
                        2.0 f,
                        3.0 f,
                        4.0 f))
                    .build())
                .build())
            .build(),
            PointsUpdateOperation.newBuilder()
            .setUpdateVectors(
                UpdateVectors.newBuilder()
                .addPoints(
                    PointVectors.newBuilder()
                    .setId(id(1))
                    .setVectors(vectors(
                        1.0 f,
                        2.0 f,
                        3.0 f,
                        4.0 f))
                    .build())
                .build())
            .build(),
            PointsUpdateOperation.newBuilder()
            .setSetPayload(
                SetPayload.newBuilder()
                .setPointsSelector(
                    PointsSelector.newBuilder()
                    .setPoints(PointsIdsList
                        .newBuilder()
                        .addIds(id(1))
                        .build())
                    .build())
                .putAllPayload(
                    Map.of("test_payload_2",
                        value(2),
                        "test_payload_3",
                        value(3)))
                .build())
            .build()))
    .get();

```

```csharp
using Qdrant.Client;
using Qdrant.Client.Grpc;

var client = new QdrantClient("localhost", 6334);

await client.UpdateBatchAsync(
    "{collection_name}",
    [
        new()
        {
            Upsert = new()
            {
                Points =
                {
                    new PointStruct { Id = 1, Vectors = new[] { 0.9f, 0.1f, 0.1f } },
                }
            }
        },
        new()
        {
            UpdateVectors = new()
            {
                Points =
                {
                    new PointVectors { Id = 1, Vectors = new[] { 0.9f, 0.1f, 0.1f } },
                }
            }
        },
        new()
        {
            SetPayload = new()
            {
                PointsSelector = new PointsSelector { Points = new PointsIdsList { Ids = { 1 } } },
                Payload = { ["test_payload_2"] = 2, ["test_payload_3"] = 3 }
            }
        }
    ]
);

```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("http://localhost:6333/collections/collection_name/points/batch")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["api-key"] = '<apiKey>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"operations\": [\n    {\n      \"delete\": {\n        \"filter\": {}\n      }\n    }\n  ]\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'http://localhost:6333/collections/collection_name/points/batch', [
  'body' => '{
  "operations": [
    {
      "delete": {
        "filter": {}
      }
    }
  ]
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
    'api-key' => '<apiKey>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "api-key": "<apiKey>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = ["operations": [["delete": ["filter": []]]]] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "http://localhost:6333/collections/collection_name/points/batch")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```