# Automatic document id generation in elasticSearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automatic-document-id-generation-in-elasticsearch/65164>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [November 7, 2016, 5:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automatic-document-id-generation-in-elasticsearch/65164 "2016-11-07T05:54:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![bkantu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bkantu/32/107028_2.png) [@bkantu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bkantu)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 5:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automatic-document-id-generation-in-elasticsearch/65164/1 "2016-11-07T05:54:14Z")

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Hi,  
I was inserting the data as below.

**PUT /employees/employee/1**  
{  
"name":"Crescent School", "description":"State Board Affiliation", "street":"Tonk Road",  
"city":"Jaipur", "state":"RJ", "zip":"176114","location":[26.8535922, 75.7923988],  
"fees":2500, "tags":["Well equipped labs"], "rating":"4.5"  
**}**

**PUT /employees/employee/2**  
{  
"name":"Crescent School", "description":"State Board Affiliation", "street":"Tonk Road",  
"city":"Jaipur", "state":"RJ", "zip":"176114","location":[26.8535922, 75.7923988],  
"fees":2500, "tags":["Well equipped labs"], "rating":"4.5"  
**}**

I want the document id to be automatically generated when I insert a row into elastic search document. Is there a way to generate Automatci document id.

Thanks,  
Balu

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 5:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automatic-document-id-generation-in-elasticsearch/65164/2 "2016-11-07T05:55:45Z")

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Just do `PUT /employees/employee` with the corresponding document.

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**Author:** ![bkantu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bkantu/32/107028_2.png) [@bkantu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bkantu)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 5:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automatic-document-id-generation-in-elasticsearch/65164/3 "2016-11-07T05:57:13Z")

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Thank you warkolm. Issue resolved.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 5:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automatic-document-id-generation-in-elasticsearch/65164/4 "2016-12-05T05:57:22Z")

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