# Bulk load gets Validation Failed error

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bulk-load-gets-validation-failed-error/4852>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 13, 2011, 8:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bulk-load-gets-validation-failed-error/4852 "2011-07-13T20:53:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![derrickburns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@derrickburns](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/derrickburns)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 8:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bulk-load-gets-validation-failed-error/4852/1 "2011-07-13T20:53:31Z")

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Why do I get  
{"error":"ActionRequestValidationException[Validation Failed: 1: no  
requests added]","status":500}

with this (tweet) data:

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{"contributors":null,"text":"@LaurenFritsky do you have a #blog or a  
magazine where you write? Would like to see  
it","geo":null,"retweeted":false,"in\_reply\_to\_screen\_name":"LaurenFritsky","truncated":false,"entities":  
{"urls":[],"hashtags":[{"text":"blog","indices":  
[29,34]}],"user\_mentions":[{"id":42732359,"name":"Lauren","indices":  
[0,14],"screen\_name":"LaurenFritsky","id\_str":"42732359"}]},"in\_reply\_to\_status\_id\_str":"91044279744610304","id":  
91053923250601984,"in\_reply\_to\_user\_id\_str":"42732359","source":"TweetDeck\</  
a\>","favorited":false,"in\_reply\_to\_status\_id":  
91044279744610304,"retweet\_count":0,"in\_reply\_to\_user\_id":  
42732359,"created\_at":"Wed Jul 13 07:58:41 +0000  
2011","id\_str":"91053923250601984","place":null,"user":  
{"location":"India","default\_profile":false,"statuses\_count":  
142,"profile\_background\_tile":true,"lang":"en","profile\_link\_color":"0084B4","id":  
266647712,"following":null,"protected":false,"favourites\_count":  
0,"profile\_text\_color":"333333","contributors\_enabled":false,"description":"Wildlifer,  
photographer, explorer, cyclist, looking for the next adrenalin rush.  
Part of GoMissing Expeditions @ [http://www.gomissingexpeditions.com](http://www.gomissingexpeditions.com)","verified":false,"name":"Saurabh  
Kapur","profile\_sidebar\_border\_color":"C0DEED","profile\_background\_color":"C0DEED","created\_at":"Tue  
Mar 15 15:31:33 +0000  
2011","default\_profile\_image":false,"followers\_count":  
21,"geo\_enabled":false,"profile\_image\_url\_https":"https://  
[si0.twimg.com/profile\_images/1273821154/gomissing-guy-](http://si0.twimg.com/profile_images/1273821154/gomissing-guy-)  
twitter\_normal.jpg","profile\_background\_image\_url":"http://  
[a2.twimg.com/profile\_background\_images/217952151/twitter-bg-](http://a2.twimg.com/profile_background_images/217952151/twitter-bg-)  
gomissingguy.jpg","profile\_background\_image\_url\_https":"https://  
[si0.twimg.com/profile\_background\_images/217952151/twitter-bg-](http://si0.twimg.com/profile_background_images/217952151/twitter-bg-)  
gomissingguy.jpg","follow\_request\_sent":null,"url":"http://  
[www.gomissing.com](http://www.gomissing.com)","utc\_offset":null,"time\_zone":null,"notifications":null,"friends\_count":20,"profile\_use\_background\_image":true,"profile\_sidebar\_fill\_color":"DDEEF6","screen\_name":"GoMissingGuy","id\_str":"266647712","show\_all\_inline\_media":false,"profile\_image\_url":"[http://a1.twimg.com/profile\_images/1273821154/gomissing-guy-twitter\_normal.jpg","is\_translator":false,"listed\_count":1},"coordinates](http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/1273821154/gomissing-guy-twitter_normal.jpg%22,%22is_translator%22:false,%22listed_count%22:1%7D,%22coordinates)":null}

What is wrong?

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 4:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bulk-load-gets-validation-failed-error/4852/2 "2017-07-06T04:00:43Z")

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