docs: def bulk_save(self, action_list, **kwargs):
          ''' sends a passed in action_list to elasticsearch '''
  
          lg = logging.getLogger("%s.%s" % (self.ln, inspect.stack()[0][3]))
          lg.setLevel(self.log_level)
          err_log = logging.getLogger("index.errors")
          es = self.es
          es_index = get2(kwargs, "es_index", self.es_index)
          reset_index = kwargs.get("reset_index",self.reset_index)
          doc_type = kwargs.get("doc_type", self.doc_type)
  
          lg.info("Sending %s items to Elasticsearch",len(action_list))
          # bulk_stream = helpers.streaming_bulk(es,
          result = helpers.bulk(es,
                                action_list,
                                chunk_size=400,
                                raise_on_error=False)
          lg.info("FINISHED sending to Elasticsearch")
          if result[1]:
              lg.info("Formating Error results")
              # action_keys = {item['_id']:i for i, item in enumerate(action_list)}
              new_result = []
              for item in result[1][:5]:
                  for action_item in action_list:
                      if action_item['_id'] == item[list(item)[0]]['_id']:
                          new_result.append((item, action_item,))
                          break
              err_log.info("Results for batch '%s'\n(%s,\n%s\n%s)",
                           kwargs.get('batch', "No Batch Number provided"),
                           result[0],
                           json.dumps(new_result, indent=4),
                           json.dumps(result[1]))
              del new_result
              lg.info("Finished Error logging")
          # for success, result in bulk_stream:
          #     lg.debug("\nsuccess: %s \nresult:\n%s", success, pp.pformat(result))
          return result