index is a required url part for update by query
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
"comment": "most things below this are just copied from search.json",
"parts": {
"index": {
+ "required" : true,
"type" : "list",
"description" : "A comma-separated list of index names to search; use `_all` or empty string to perform the operation on all indices"
},