# Automatic ID generation (noob question) **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [July 11, 2014, 2:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automatic-id-generation-noob-question/18602 "2014-07-11T14:01:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rtm443x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@rtm443x](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rtm443x)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2014, 2:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automatic-id-generation-noob-question/18602/1 "2014-07-11T14:01:39Z")
Hi all, first post. Am working through the ElasticSearch Server book (packt). Not getting what I expect with automatic id gen. Using similar example from your website [1] [http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/docs-index\_.html](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/docs-index_.html) With a file go.txt (given below) I entered this curl.exe -XPOST [http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet](http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet) [http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%3A9200%2Ftwitter%2Ftweet&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFaLCKB2g\_jrkvN34Sh2-nui24zsw](http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%3A9200%2Ftwitter%2Ftweet&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFaLCKB2g_jrkvN34Sh2-nui24zsw) -T go.txt got back this {"\_index":"twitter","\_type":" tweet","\_id":"VJcZR33ETjC1W8LX1CnL0w","\_version":1,"created":true} Ok, it works as expected, but this curl.exe -XPOST [http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/](http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/) [http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%3A9200%2Ftwitter%2Ftweet%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNH-yzen07NdyF7mdRiqZbHIfrKv4w](http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%3A9200%2Ftwitter%2Ftweet%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNH-yzen07NdyF7mdRiqZbHIfrKv4w) -T go.txt failed: {"\_index":"twitter","\_type":"tweet","\_id":"go.txt","\_version":6,"created":false} Only difference is the trailing backslash on the URL. FYI contents of go.txt is straight off your website [1] * * * ## { "user" : "kimchy", "post\_date" : "2009-11-15T14:12:12", "message" : "trying out Elasticsearch" } Even [1] shows a trailing forward slash used, and it apparently succeeds. Furthermore, only found this when it failed with a forwardslash (ie: curl.exe -XPOST [http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/](http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/) [http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%3A9200%2Ftwitter%2Ftweet%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNH-yzen07NdyF7mdRiqZbHIfrKv4w](http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%3A9200%2Ftwitter%2Ftweet%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNH-yzen07NdyF7mdRiqZbHIfrKv4w) -T go.txt), I added "?pretty" for readability (ie: curl.exe -XPOST [http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/](http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/) [http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%3A9200%2Ftwitter%2Ftweet%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNH-yzen07NdyF7mdRiqZbHIfrKv4w](http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%3A9200%2Ftwitter%2Ftweet%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNH-yzen07NdyF7mdRiqZbHIfrKv4w)?pretty -T go.txt) and it succeeded! Which I'm sure it shouldn't do. Machine is windows server 2008 R2 (64-bit), curl is 7.33.0, java is 1.7.0.55. Everything is being run locally, single node etc. Really basic. Used a file as embedding the contents in-line is a bit scrappy in windows. Need more info? can anyone reproduce? thanks jan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/038004c1-114e-455a-a6c8-5c1aff3a7cf2%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/038004c1-114e-455a-a6c8-5c1aff3a7cf2%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2014, 4:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automatic-id-generation-noob-question/18602/2 "2014-07-11T16:21:23Z")
My advice: don't use curl.exe on windows. You should take a look at Marvel which comes with SENSE. It's free for development: [http://www.elasticsearch.org/overview/marvel/](http://www.elasticsearch.org/overview/marvel/) -- David Pilato | Technical Advocate | [Elasticsearch.com](http://Elasticsearch.com) @dadoonet | @elasticsearchfr Le 11 juillet 2014 à 16:01:43, [rtm443x@googlemail.com](mailto:rtm443x@googlemail.com) ([rtm443x@googlemail.com](mailto:rtm443x@googlemail.com)) a écrit: Hi all, first post. Am working through the ElasticSearch Server book (packt). Not getting what I expect with automatic id gen. Using similar example from your website [1] [http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/docs-index\_.html](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/docs-index_.html) With a file go.txt (given below) I entered this curl.exe -XPOST [http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet](http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet) -T go.txt got back this {"\_index":"twitter","\_type":" tweet","\_id":"VJcZR33ETjC1W8LX1CnL0w","\_version":1,"created":true} Ok, it works as expected, but this curl.exe -XPOST [http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/](http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/) -T go.txt failed: {"\_index":"twitter","\_type":"tweet","\_id":"go.txt","\_version":6,"created":false} Only difference is the trailing backslash on the URL. FYI contents of go.txt is straight off your website [1] * * * ## { "user" : "kimchy", "post\_date" : "2009-11-15T14:12:12", "message" : "trying out Elasticsearch" } Even [1] shows a trailing forward slash used, and it apparently succeeds. Furthermore, only found this when it failed with a forwardslash (ie: curl.exe -XPOST [http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/](http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/) -T go.txt), I added "?pretty" for readability (ie: curl.exe -XPOST [http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/?pretty](http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/?pretty) -T go.txt) and it succeeded! Which I'm sure it shouldn't do. Machine is windows server 2008 R2 (64-bit), curl is 7.33.0, java is 1.7.0.55. Everything is being run locally, single node etc. Really basic. Used a file as embedding the contents in-line is a bit scrappy in windows. Need more info? can anyone reproduce? thanks ## jan You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/038004c1-114e-455a-a6c8-5c1aff3a7cf2%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/038004c1-114e-455a-a6c8-5c1aff3a7cf2%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/etPan.53c00f03.333ab105.70e%40MacBook-Air-de-David.local](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/etPan.53c00f03.333ab105.70e%40MacBook-Air-de-David.local). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Glen\_Smith](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/glen_smith/32/111656_2.png) [@Glen\_Smith](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Glen_Smith)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2014, 6:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automatic-id-generation-noob-question/18602/3 "2014-07-11T18:46:52Z")
Yeah, since the response is referring to your local file name, it's pretty clear that the problem here is with curl.exe - it's obviously not sending the file contents in your second example, it's sending the file name. On Friday, July 11, 2014 10:01:39 AM UTC-4, [rtm...@googlemail.com](mailto:rtm...@googlemail.com) wrote: > Hi all, > first post. Am working through the Elasticsearch Server book (packt). Not > getting what I expect with automatic id gen. > Using similar example from your website [1] \< > [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/docs-index_.html)\> > > With a file go.txt (given below) I entered this > > curl.exe -XPOST [http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet](http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet) > [http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%3A9200%2Ftwitter%2Ftweet&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFaLCKB2g\_jrkvN34Sh2-nui24zsw](http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%3A9200%2Ftwitter%2Ftweet&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFaLCKB2g_jrkvN34Sh2-nui24zsw) > -T go.txt > > got back this > > {"\_index":"twitter","\_type":" > tweet","\_id":"VJcZR33ETjC1W8LX1CnL0w","\_version":1,"created":true} > > Ok, it works as expected, but this > > curl.exe -XPOST [http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/](http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/) > [http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%3A9200%2Ftwitter%2Ftweet%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNH-yzen07NdyF7mdRiqZbHIfrKv4w](http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%3A9200%2Ftwitter%2Ftweet%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNH-yzen07NdyF7mdRiqZbHIfrKv4w) > -T go.txt > > failed: > > {"\_index":"twitter","\_type":"tweet","\_id":"go.txt","\_version":6,"created":false} > > Only difference is the trailing backslash on the URL. > FYI contents of go.txt is straight off your website [1] > > * * * > > ## { "user" : "kimchy", "post\_date" : "2009-11-15T14:12:12", "message" : "trying out Elasticsearch" } > > Even [1] shows a trailing forward slash used, and it apparently succeeds. > > Furthermore, only found this when it failed with a forwardslash (ie: > curl.exe -XPOST [http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/](http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/) > [http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%3A9200%2Ftwitter%2Ftweet%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNH-yzen07NdyF7mdRiqZbHIfrKv4w](http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%3A9200%2Ftwitter%2Ftweet%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNH-yzen07NdyF7mdRiqZbHIfrKv4w) > -T go.txt), I added "?pretty" for readability (ie: curl.exe -XPOST > [http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/](http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/) > [http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%3A9200%2Ftwitter%2Ftweet%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNH-yzen07NdyF7mdRiqZbHIfrKv4w](http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%3A9200%2Ftwitter%2Ftweet%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNH-yzen07NdyF7mdRiqZbHIfrKv4w)?pretty > -T go.txt) and it succeeded! Which I'm sure it shouldn't do. > > Machine is windows server 2008 R2 (64-bit), curl is 7.33.0, java is > 1.7.0.55. Everything is being run locally, single node etc. Really basic. > Used a file as embedding the contents in-line is a bit scrappy in windows. > > Need more info? can anyone reproduce? > > thanks > > jan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/1356e906-2355-4d62-a0cf-ab3e94da1993%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/1356e906-2355-4d62-a0cf-ab3e94da1993%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![rtm443x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@rtm443x](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rtm443x)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2014, 7:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automatic-id-generation-noob-question/18602/4 "2014-07-11T19:08:43Z")
Good point! thanks On Friday, July 11, 2014 7:46:52 PM UTC+1, Glen Smith wrote: > Yeah, since the response is referring to your local file name, it's pretty > clear that the problem here is with curl.exe - it's obviously not sending > the file contents in your second example, it's sending the file name. > > On Friday, July 11, 2014 10:01:39 AM UTC-4, [rtm...@googlemail.com](mailto:rtm...@googlemail.com) wrote: > > > Hi all, > > first post. Am working through the Elasticsearch Server book (packt). Not > > getting what I expect with automatic id gen. > > Using similar example from your website [1] \< > > [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/docs-index_.html)\> > > > > With a file go.txt (given below) I entered this > > > > curl.exe -XPOST [http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet](http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet) > > [http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%3A9200%2Ftwitter%2Ftweet&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFaLCKB2g\_jrkvN34Sh2-nui24zsw](http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%3A9200%2Ftwitter%2Ftweet&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFaLCKB2g_jrkvN34Sh2-nui24zsw) > > -T go.txt > > > > got back this > > > > {"\_index":"twitter","\_type":" > > tweet","\_id":"VJcZR33ETjC1W8LX1CnL0w","\_version":1,"created":true} > > > > Ok, it works as expected, but this > > > > curl.exe -XPOST [http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/](http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/) > > [http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%3A9200%2Ftwitter%2Ftweet%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNH-yzen07NdyF7mdRiqZbHIfrKv4w](http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%3A9200%2Ftwitter%2Ftweet%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNH-yzen07NdyF7mdRiqZbHIfrKv4w) > > -T go.txt > > > > failed: > > > > {"\_index":"twitter","\_type":"tweet","\_id":"go.txt","\_version":6,"created":false} > > > > Only difference is the trailing backslash on the URL. > > FYI contents of go.txt is straight off your website [1] > > > > * * * > > > > ## { "user" : "kimchy", "post\_date" : "2009-11-15T14:12:12", "message" : "trying out Elasticsearch" } > > > > Even [1] shows a trailing forward slash used, and it apparently succeeds. > > > > Furthermore, only found this when it failed with a forwardslash (ie: > > curl.exe -XPOST [http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/](http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/) > > [http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%3A9200%2Ftwitter%2Ftweet%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNH-yzen07NdyF7mdRiqZbHIfrKv4w](http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%3A9200%2Ftwitter%2Ftweet%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNH-yzen07NdyF7mdRiqZbHIfrKv4w) > > -T go.txt), I added "?pretty" for readability (ie: curl.exe -XPOST > > [http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/](http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/) > > [http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%3A9200%2Ftwitter%2Ftweet%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNH-yzen07NdyF7mdRiqZbHIfrKv4w](http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%3A9200%2Ftwitter%2Ftweet%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNH-yzen07NdyF7mdRiqZbHIfrKv4w)?pretty > > -T go.txt) and it succeeded! Which I'm sure it shouldn't do. > > > > Machine is windows server 2008 R2 (64-bit), curl is 7.33.0, java is > > 1.7.0.55. Everything is being run locally, single node etc. Really basic. > > Used a file as embedding the contents in-line is a bit scrappy in windows. > > > > Need more info? can anyone reproduce? > > > > thanks > > > > jan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/77c26830-5649-49b8-8c06-5ee732c85555%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/77c26830-5649-49b8-8c06-5ee732c85555%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 1:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automatic-id-generation-noob-question/18602/5 "2017-07-06T01:16:24Z")