# ActionRequestValidationException\[Validation Failed: 1: script or doc is missing;\] for following UPDATE command in javascript API ElasticSearch 1.4

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**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 17, 2014, 11:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/actionrequestvalidationexception-validation-failed-1-script-or-doc-is-missing-for-following-update-command-in-javascript-api-elasticsearch-1-4/20782 "2014-11-17T11:39:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 17, 2014, 11:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/actionrequestvalidationexception-validation-failed-1-script-or-doc-is-missing-for-following-update-command-in-javascript-api-elasticsearch-1-4/20782/1 "2014-11-17T11:39:00Z")

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CLIENT\_INSTANCE.update({  
index: INDEX\_NAME,  
type: INDEX\_TYPE,  
id: RECORD\_ID,  
body: {  
RECORD\_KEY: RECORD\_NEW\_VALUE,  
}  
}, function (error, response) {  
console.log(response);  
}  
);

DEBUG: 2014-11-17T11:30:29Z  
starting request { method: 'POST',  
path: '/robot-index/tags/0/\_update',  
body: { tags:  
'{Important:FF0000,Assigned:FF9933,Resolved:33CC33,newTag:89da3a}' },  
query: {} }

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**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 12:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/actionrequestvalidationexception-validation-failed-1-script-or-doc-is-missing-for-following-update-command-in-javascript-api-elasticsearch-1-4/20782/2 "2017-07-06T00:49:33Z")

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