Elasticsearch API insert data from path

Question

The following cURL command is working:

curl -XPOST http://localhost:9200/test/test -d '{"name":"John", "age":31}' -H 'Content-Type: application/json'

However, when I execute the following command:

curl -XPOST http://localhost:9200/test/test -d '/mnt/c/path/to/filename/test.json' -H 'Content-Type: application/json'

I receive the following error:

{"error":{"root_cause":[{"type":"mapper_parsing_exception","reason":"failed to parse"}],"type":"mapper_parsing_exception","reason":"failed to parse","caused_by":{"type":"not_x_content_exception","reason":"Compressor detection can only be called on some xcontent bytes or compressed xcontent bytes"}},"status":400}

This is kind of weird since the content of this 'test.json' is exactly the same as in the first command. Namely: A compressed version of: '{"name":"John", "age":31}'.

Val · Accepted Answer · 2018-10-11 08:52:07Z

1

When sending a file you need to use the --data-binary flag instead of -d:

curl -XPOST http://localhost:9200/test/test --data-binary @'/mnt/c/path/to/filename/test.json' -H 'Content-Type: application/json'

answered Oct 11, 2018 at 8:52

Val

218k14 gold badges377 silver badges384 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

Elasticsearch API insert data from path

1 Answer 1

Comments

Your Answer

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

1 Answer 1

Comments

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Related