# Elasticsearch 6.8.6 \_bulk API does not recognize parameter include\_type\_name
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-8-6-bulk-api-does-not-recognize-parameter-include-type-name/228872
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [April 20, 2020, 1:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-8-6-bulk-api-does-not-recognize-parameter-include-type-name/228872 "2020-04-20T13:32:34Z")
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### Author:  [@nverrill](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nverrill)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2020, 1:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-8-6-bulk-api-does-not-recognize-parameter-include-type-name/228872/1 "2020-04-20T13:32:34Z")
We have an application that can send \_bulk requests to elasticsearch(I cannot modify what it sends), but is failing because the type is missing and it appears that [include\_type\_name] is not supported by the \_bulk API. We are currently on Elasticsearch 6.8.6.
Is this intended behavior?
Request:
```auto
POST /_bulk
{ "index" : { "_index" : "test", "_id" : "1" } }
{ "field1" : "value1" }
```
Response:
```auto
{
"error": {
"root_cause": [
{
"type": "action_request_validation_exception",
"reason": "Validation Failed: 1: type is missing;"
}
],
"type": "action_request_validation_exception",
"reason": "Validation Failed: 1: type is missing;"
},
"status": 400
}
```
Request:
```auto
POST /_bulk?include_type_name=false
{ "index" : { "_index" : "test", "_id" : "1" } }
{ "field1" : "value1" }
```
Response:
```auto
{
"error": {
"root_cause": [
{
"type": "illegal_argument_exception",
"reason": "request [/_bulk] contains unrecognized parameter: [include_type_name]"
}
],
"type": "illegal_argument_exception",
"reason": "request [/_bulk] contains unrecognized parameter: [include_type_name]"
},
"status": 400
}
```
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### Author:  [@Alsheh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Alsheh)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2020, 1:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-8-6-bulk-api-does-not-recognize-parameter-include-type-name/228872/2 "2020-04-20T13:53:11Z")
`_type` is missing or upgrade to Elasticsearch `7.x ` and you don't have to specify `_type`:
```auto
POST /_bulk
{ "index" : { "_index" : "test", "_type" : "_doc", "_id" : "1" } }
{ "field1" : "value1"
```
---
### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2020, 2:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-8-6-bulk-api-does-not-recognize-parameter-include-type-name/228872/3 "2020-04-20T14:27:52Z")
Are you using the Java client 6.8 on an older version of elasticsearch by any chance?
Or a 7.x Java client?
Could you describe a bit more?
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### Author:  [@nverrill](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nverrill)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2020, 10:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-8-6-bulk-api-does-not-recognize-parameter-include-type-name/228872/4 "2020-04-20T22:26:12Z")
I'm aware that type is deprecated in 7.x.
I am following recommendations for upgrade path by going from 6.3.2, to 6.8.6(current), and then will move to 7.x when I've transitioned some settings.
[https://www.elastic.co/blog/moving-from-types-to-typeless-apis-in-elasticsearch-7-0](https://www.elastic.co/blog/moving-from-types-to-typeless-apis-in-elasticsearch-7-0)
In 6.8.6 however there is a parameter that can be used to ease transition called "include\_type\_name".
My question is, why isn't the "include\_type\_name" recognized as parameter for the bulk index API, as it is for the single document API? Or is it supposed to be working and there is a bug?
For example, single doc request:
```auto
PUT /test?include_type_name=false
```
Response:
```auto
{
"acknowledged" : true,
"shards_acknowledged" : true,
"index" : "test"
}
```
---
### Author:  [@nverrill](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nverrill)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2020, 10:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-8-6-bulk-api-does-not-recognize-parameter-include-type-name/228872/5 "2020-04-20T22:27:20Z")
I am running these commands from 6.8.6 Kibana dev console to 6.8.6 Elasticsearch.
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### Author:  [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2020, 12:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-8-6-bulk-api-does-not-recognize-parameter-include-type-name/228872/6 "2020-04-21T12:06:55Z")
I don't think either the Bulk API or the single-document Index API accept the `?include_type_name` parameter in any released versions, and this is deliberate. `PUT /test` is the create index API and that _does_ accept this parameter in 6.8 and 7.x, but that's nothing to do with indexing documents.
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### Author:  [@nverrill](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nverrill)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2020, 3:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-8-6-bulk-api-does-not-recognize-parameter-include-type-name/228872/7 "2020-04-24T15:26:25Z")
Ah yes, you are correct. I was clearly getting the two confused. Thanks for clearing that up.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-8-6-bulk-api-does-not-recognize-parameter-include-type-name/228872/8 "2020-05-22T15:32:20Z")
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