@Override public void handleRequest(final RestRequest request, final RestChannel channel) { MultiSearchRequest multiSearchRequest = new MultiSearchRequest(); multiSearchRequest.listenerThreaded(false); String[] indices = Strings.splitStringByCommaToArray(request.param("index")); String[] types = Strings.splitStringByCommaToArray(request.param("type")); IndicesOptions indicesOptions = IndicesOptions.fromRequest(request, multiSearchRequest.indicesOptions()); try { multiSearchRequest.add( request.content(), request.contentUnsafe(), indices, types, request.param("search_type"), request.param("routing"), indicesOptions, allowExplicitIndex); } catch (Exception e) { try { XContentBuilder builder = restContentBuilder(request); channel.sendResponse( new XContentRestResponse( request, BAD_REQUEST, builder.startObject().field("error", e.getMessage()).endObject())); } catch (IOException e1) { logger.error("Failed to send failure response", e1); } return; } client.multiSearch( multiSearchRequest, new ActionListener<MultiSearchResponse>() { @Override public void onResponse(MultiSearchResponse response) { try { XContentBuilder builder = restContentBuilder(request); builder.startObject(); response.toXContent(builder, request); builder.endObject(); channel.sendResponse(new XContentRestResponse(request, OK, builder)); } catch (Throwable e) { onFailure(e); } } @Override public void onFailure(Throwable e) { try { channel.sendResponse(new XContentThrowableRestResponse(request, e)); } catch (IOException e1) { logger.error("Failed to send failure response", e1); } } }); }