json - Elasticsearch delete-by-query returns success but records persist? -

i attempting delete records elasticsearch using delete query api

executing:

curl -xdelete localhost:4040/search/foo/_query -d '{   "term": {     "record id": "0f9eaa6f-90bb-4dee-9ecb-78a5d04719c0"   } }' 

results in:

{   "ok": true,   "_indices": {     "foo": {       "_shards": {         "total": 5,         "successful": 5,         "failed": 0       }     }   } } 

yet, querying:

curl -xget localhost:4040/search/foo/_search -d '{   "query": {     "match": {       "record id": "0f9eaa6f-90bb-4dee-9ecb-78a5d04719c0"     }   } }' 

gives me:

{   "took": 2,   "timed_out": false,   "_shards": {     "total": 5,     "successful": 5,     "failed": 0   } } 

with 5 records printed...

i have tried running:

curl -xget localhost:4040/search/foo/_refresh 

but still results returned?

you deleting using term query , searching using match query. these 2 different queries. term query doesn't analyze supplied query term while match does. these 2 queries may produce different results depending on how record id field analyzed.