# Error at updating ES index using JS API

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-at-updating-es-index-using-js-api/180356>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 9, 2019, 12:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-at-updating-es-index-using-js-api/180356 "2019-05-09T12:01:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![matheusribeirogarcia](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/matheusribeirogarcia/32/44363_2.png) [@matheusribeirogarcia](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/matheusribeirogarcia)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 12:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-at-updating-es-index-using-js-api/180356/1 "2019-05-09T12:01:28Z")

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Basically I have this function:

```
   this.es.update({
                index: 'contentman',
                type: 'sites',
                id: "_id",
                body: {
                  name: form.value.name,
                  description: form.value.description,
                  url: form.value.url,
                  author: form.value.author,
                  data_altered: new Date().toLocaleString()
                }
              }).then((hits) => {
              console.log(hits);
              alert('Site Editado, veja o log para mais informações');
              this.siteEdited(true);

```

Using a function that add things to the index, it all occurs as expected:

```
 addToIndex(value): any {
    return this.client.index(value);
  }

```

But when I use an update ES function:

```
update(value): any {
    return this.client.update(value);
  }

```

My console returns a `POST` error:

```
RACE: 2019-05-09T11:39:24Z
  -> POST http://localhost:9200/contentman/sites/id/_update
  {
    "name": "nomeAtualizado...",
    "description": "",
    "data_altered": "09/05/2019 08:39:24"
  }
  <- 400
  {
    "error": {
      "root_cause": [
        {
          "type": "action_request_validation_exception",
          "reason": "Validation Failed: 1: script or doc is missing;"
        }
      ],
      "type": "action_request_validation_exception",
      "reason": "Validation Failed: 1: script or doc is missing;"
    },
    "status": 400
  }
```

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**Author:** ![matheusribeirogarcia](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/matheusribeirogarcia/32/44363_2.png) [@matheusribeirogarcia](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/matheusribeirogarcia)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 12:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-at-updating-es-index-using-js-api/180356/2 "2019-05-09T12:43:11Z")

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Fixed it by adding the `doc` tag inside `body`

```
 this.es.update({
            index: 'contentman',
            type: 'sites',
            id: _id,
            body: {
              doc:{
                name: form.value.name,
                description: form.value.description,
                url: form.value.url,
                author: form.value.author,
                data_altered: new Date().toLocaleString()
              }
            }
          }).then((hits) => {
          console.log(hits);
          alert('Site Editado, veja o log para mais informações');
          this.siteEdited(true);
```

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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:** [June 6, 2019, 12:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-at-updating-es-index-using-js-api/180356/3 "2019-06-06T12:43:13Z")

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