What does the json in the CURL request for this look like? The dynamic creation of mappings for unmapped types can be completely disabled by setting index.mapper.dynamic to false. http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/mapping-dynamic-mapping.html#mapping-dynamic-ma…

Disabling dynamic mapping

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Disabling dynamic mapping