# Cannot create index in elasticsearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-create-index-in-elasticsearch/52185>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 8, 2016, 9:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-create-index-in-elasticsearch/52185 "2016-06-08T09:40:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![fabriziodb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@fabriziodb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fabriziodb)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2016, 9:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-create-index-in-elasticsearch/52185/1 "2016-06-08T09:40:23Z")

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Hi, i just installed ElasticSearch on Windows7 x64.

i'm learning from "definitive guide" , when try to create new index the request will be in infinite loading status

PUT [http://localhost:9200/megacorp/employee/1](http://localhost:9200/megacorp/employee/1)

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**Author:** ![danielmitterdorfer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/danielmitterdorfer/32/110510_2.png) [@danielmitterdorfer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/danielmitterdorfer)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 7:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-create-index-in-elasticsearch/52185/2 "2016-06-14T07:38:43Z")

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Hi @fabriziodb,

I guess you are referring to the first example in the chapter [Indexing Employee Documents](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/_indexing_employee_documents.html):

```auto
PUT /megacorp/employee/1
{
    "first_name" : "John",
    "last_name" : "Smith",
    "age" : 25,
    "about" : "I love to go rock climbing",
    "interests": ["sports", "music"]
}

```

Did you also enter the body?

I usually use the [Sense Chrome browser extension](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/sense-beta/lhjgkmllcaadmopgmanpapmpjgmfcfig) to issue queries against Elasticsearch. You can also install [Sense UI](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/sense/current/installing.html) which is a Kibana extension.

Daniel

How did you enter the statement?

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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 5, 2017, 10:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-create-index-in-elasticsearch/52185/3 "2017-07-05T22:44:04Z")

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