Creating document in elasticsearch

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How do I create a document in elastic search? I am using curl to create a document. However, I get the following error

{"error":"MapperParsingException[failed to parse]; nested:  JsonParseException[Unexpected character (''' (code 39)): expected a valid value (number, String,    array, object, 'true', 'false' or 'null')\n at [Source: [B@39312db4; line: 1, column: 2]]; ","status":400}

This is the CURL command

curl -XPUT localhost:9200/hello1/equipment/1 -d '{"hi":"val1"}'

Is this is the exact line that you are using? It works fine for me. Which version of elasticsearch are you using and on which operating system do you run this command? — imotov
– imotov, Commented Sep 9, 2015 at 1:49

Dhawal Kapil · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-09 10:12:37Z

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there is no need to create index and mapping separately for this. I think you are trying to create by command line (cmd prompt of windows etc).

use this statement:

curl -XPUT "http://localhost:9200/hello1/equipment/1" -d"{\"hi\":\"val1\"}"

In cmd prompt quoting character is " hence in place of ' you will have to use double quotes to quote and inside the json body you have to escape your double quotes using \ to tell prompt not to treat them as quotes.

answered Sep 9, 2015 at 10:12

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Pooja Over a year ago

I don't have enough reputation to publicly upscore yet.I have accepted it but will not show publicly now.

Dhawal Kapil Over a year ago

here refer this if you have any query regarding answer acceptance. meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/251078/…

Pooja Over a year ago

Hey do you know logstash or anyone who know it well?. Could you help me with this stackoverflow.com/questions/32321704/… help would be appreciated

Shashank Pawar · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-09 09:27:51Z

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You should try this by enclosing single inverted comma 'http://localhost:9200/hello1/equipment/1' instead of localhost:9200/hello1/equipment/1....It should work!

So appropriate way to create document is, First of all you need to create an index, So in your case in order to put document steps are following:

Create an index

curl -XPUT 'http://localhost:9200/hello1'

Create an mapping ( If you won't provide, it will create dynamically)

curl -XPUT 'http://localhost:9200/hello1/equipment/_mapping' -d '{"equipment":{"text":{"type":string}}"}'

Putting document

curl -XPUT 'http://localhost:9200/hello1/equipment/1' -d '{"hi":"val1"}'

edited Sep 9, 2015 at 9:27

answered Sep 9, 2015 at 9:16

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Pooja Over a year ago

Putting document this way doesn't work for me using command line in Windows.

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