curl -X POST -d @mapping.json + mapping not created

Question

I am learning elasticsearch. I have specified the mapping in 'mapping.json'. Its contents are

{
    "book" : {
         "_index" : {
             "enabled" : true
         },
         "_id" : {
             "index": "not_analyzed",
             "store" : "yes"
         },
        "properties" : {
            "author" : {
                "type" : "string"
            },
            "characters" : {
                "type" : "string"
            },
            "copies" : {
                "type" : "long",
                "ignore_malformed" : false
            },
            "otitle" : {
                "type" : "string"
            },
            "tags" : {
                "type" : "string"
            },
            "title" : {
                "type" : "string"
            },
            "year" : {
                "type" : "long",
                "ignore_malformed" : false,
                "index" : "analyzed"
            },
            "available" : {
                "type" : "boolean",
                "index" : "analyzed"
            }
        }
    }
}

The present mappings are

$ curl -XGET http://localhost:9200/_mapping?pretty
=> { 
   "development_users" : {
      "user" : {
         "properties" : {
            "email" : {
               "type" : "string"
            },
            "first_name" : {
               "type" : "string"
            },
            "id" : {
               "type" : "string",
               "index" : "not_analyzed",
               "omit_norms" : true,
               "index_options" : "docs",
               "include_in_all" : false
            },
            "last_name" : {
               "type" : "string"
            },
            "role" : {
               "type" : "string"
            }
         }
     }
  }
}

I create mapping for books using the command

$ curl http://localhost:9200/books -X POST -d @mapping.json
=> {"ok":true,"acknowledged":true}

But when list all mappings, i get:

$ curl -XGET http://localhost:9200/_mapping?pretty
=> { "books" : { },
   "development_users" : {
      "user" : {
         "properties" : {
            "email" : {
               "type" : "string"
            },
            "first_name" : {
               "type" : "string"
            },
            "id" : {
               "type" : "string",
               "index" : "not_analyzed",
               "omit_norms" : true,
               "index_options" : "docs",
               "include_in_all" : false
            },
            "last_name" : {
               "type" : "string"
            },
            "role" : {
               "type" : "string"
            }
         }
      }
   }
}

why isnt the mapping for books getting created as specified in mapping.json file?

Did any of the purposed answers solve the issue? – spuder May 05 '15 at 19:36 — spuder, May 05 '15 at 19:36

score 15 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 07 '13 at 11:25

15

Please try this,

curl -XPUT 'http://localhost:9200/<indexname>/book/_mapping' -d @mapping.json

answered Oct 07 '13 at 11:25

Vamsi Krishna

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In my case, it was sufficient to provide `http://locahost:9200//` (i.e. I didn't need "book/_mapping"). – Eric McLachlan Jan 17 '21 at 12:41

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 08 '18 at 21:59

4

On AWS I got an error like

{"error":"Content-Type header [application/x-www-form-urlencoded] is not supported","status":406}

To fix it I added

-H 'Content-Type: application/json'

answered Jan 08 '18 at 21:59

Brian C.

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score 3 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 19 '17 at 20:07

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command

curl -XPUT localhost:9200/_template/logstash -d @/Users/template.json

response

{"acknowledged":true}

edited Apr 19 '17 at 20:07

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answered Dec 02 '14 at 19:42

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curl -X POST -d @mapping.json + mapping not created

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