import static org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentFactory.*; BulkRequestBuilder bulkRequest = client.prepareBulk(); // either use client#prepare, or use Requests# to directly build index/delete requests bulkRequest.add(client.prepareIndex("twitter", "tweet", "1") .setSource(jsonBuilder() .startObject() .field("user", "kimchy") .field("postDate", new Date()) .field("message", "trying out Elasticsearch") .endObject() ) ); bulkRequest.add(client.prepareIndex("twitter", "tweet", "2") .setSource(jsonBuilder() .startObject() .field("user", "kimchy") .field("postDate", new Date()) .field("message", "another post") .endObject() ) ); BulkResponse bulkResponse = bulkRequest.get(); if (bulkResponse.hasFailures()) { // process failures by iterating through each bulk response item }