# error: elasticsearch java : org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchIllegalArgumentException: unknown property \[content\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [October 20, 2014, 1:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-elasticsearch-java-org-elasticsearch-elasticsearchillegalargumentexception-unknown-property-content/20340 "2014-10-20T13:32:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ALI\_BEN\_ABDALLAH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@ALI\_BEN\_ABDALLAH](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ALI_BEN_ABDALLAH)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 1:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-elasticsearch-java-org-elasticsearch-elasticsearchillegalargumentexception-unknown-property-content/20340/1 "2014-10-20T13:32:46Z")
hello, i need help please. i'm trying to index an xml document after convert it to json but i have this error. do you have any idea please? Thanks in advance. * * * ## 0 [main] INFO org.elasticsearch.plugins - [Base] loaded [], sites [] Exception in thread "main" org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.MapperParsingException: failed to parse [documents.document.body.lead.p.TC] at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.core.AbstractFieldMapper.parse(AbstractFieldMapper.java:418) at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.object.ObjectMapper.serializeObject(ObjectMapper.java:517) at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.object.ObjectMapper.serializeArray(ObjectMapper.java:594) at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.object.ObjectMapper.parse(ObjectMapper.java:461) at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.object.ObjectMapper.serializeObject(ObjectMapper.java:549) at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.object.ObjectMapper.parse(ObjectMapper.java:459) at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.object.ObjectMapper.serializeObject(ObjectMapper.java:555) at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.object.ObjectMapper.parse(ObjectMapper.java:459) at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.object.ObjectMapper.serializeObject(ObjectMapper.java:517) at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.object.ObjectMapper.parse(ObjectMapper.java:459) at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.object.ObjectMapper.serializeObject(ObjectMapper.java:517) at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.object.ObjectMapper.parse(ObjectMapper.java:459) at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.object.ObjectMapper.serializeObject(ObjectMapper.java:517) at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.object.ObjectMapper.parse(ObjectMapper.java:459) at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.DocumentMapper.parse(DocumentMapper.java:515) at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.DocumentMapper.parse(DocumentMapper.java:462) at org.elasticsearch.index.shard.service.InternalIndexShard.prepareIndex(InternalIndexShard.java:384) at org.elasticsearch.action.index.TransportIndexAction.shardOperationOnPrimary(TransportIndexAction.java:203) at org.elasticsearch.action.support.replication.TransportShardReplicationOperationAction$AsyncShardOperationAction.performOnPrimary(TransportShardReplicationOperationAction.java:556) at org.elasticsearch.action.support.replication.TransportShardReplicationOperationAction$AsyncShardOperationAction$1.run(TransportShardReplicationOperationAction.java:426) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) Caused by: org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchIllegalArgumentException: unknown property [content] at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.core.LongFieldMapper.innerParseCreateField(LongFieldMapper.java:287) at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.core.NumberFieldMapper.parseCreateField(NumberFieldMapper.java:215) at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.core.AbstractFieldMapper.parse(AbstractFieldMapper.java:408) ... 22 more this's my json document: * * * {"documents":{"document":{"body":{"title":"Non Stop","duration":"0:30:0","timezone":"+0200","air.time":"11:30 (UTC +0200)","epochtime":1410946200,"timecode.unit":"sec","chan\_id":"tv","lead":{"p":{"UTC":20140917093000,"offset":0,"TC":[20140917113000,{"content":"ministres","utcstarttime":20140917093001,"tcendtime":20140917113001,"offset":1,"tcstarttime":20140917113001,"utcendtime":20140917093001}]}},"air.startTime":20140917113000,"media":{"media-reference":{"content":"non-stop.mp4","nodoc":"VIDEO·20140917·TZB\_V·20140917113000","format":"tv"},"media-type":"video"}},"doc.management":{"nodoc":{"pub.code":"TZB","date":20140917,"type":"TV"},"status":"DIFFUSE","initial.sequence":"20140917113000non-stop","language":"FRA"},"signaletic":{"publication":{"category":"Journal","name.norm":"TV","date.iso8601":"2014-09-17"}}},"schemaLocation":"[http://google.com/](http://google.com/)"}} -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/3e41a927-6982-400d-9c99-ab44c464bea1%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/3e41a927-6982-400d-9c99-ab44c464bea1%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 2:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-elasticsearch-java-org-elasticsearch-elasticsearchillegalargumentexception-unknown-property-content/20340/2 "2014-10-20T14:14:54Z")
Did you set any mapping, any setting? Actually, it would be better to give a full recreation so we can see immediately what is happening. Have a look at [http://www.elasticsearch.org/help/](http://www.elasticsearch.org/help/) -- David Pilato | Technical Advocate | [elasticsearch.com](http://elasticsearch.com) [david.pilato@elasticsearch.com](mailto:david.pilato@elasticsearch.com) @dadoonet | @elasticsearchfr | @scrutmydocs Le 20 octobre 2014 à 15:32:50, ALI BEN ABDALLAH ([ali.benabda1@gmail.com](mailto:ali.benabda1@gmail.com)) a écrit: hello, i need help please. i'm trying to index an xml document after convert it to json but i have this error. do you have any idea please? Thanks in advance. * * * ## 0 [main] INFO org.elasticsearch.plugins - [Base] loaded [], sites [] Exception in thread "main" org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.MapperParsingException: failed to parse [documents.document.body.lead.p.TC] at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.core.AbstractFieldMapper.parse(AbstractFieldMapper.java:418) at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.object.ObjectMapper.serializeObject(ObjectMapper.java:517) at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.object.ObjectMapper.serializeArray(ObjectMapper.java:594) at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.object.ObjectMapper.parse(ObjectMapper.java:461) at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.object.ObjectMapper.serializeObject(ObjectMapper.java:549) at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.object.ObjectMapper.parse(ObjectMapper.java:459) at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.object.ObjectMapper.serializeObject(ObjectMapper.java:555) at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.object.ObjectMapper.parse(ObjectMapper.java:459) at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.object.ObjectMapper.serializeObject(ObjectMapper.java:517) at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.object.ObjectMapper.parse(ObjectMapper.java:459) at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.object.ObjectMapper.serializeObject(ObjectMapper.java:517) at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.object.ObjectMapper.parse(ObjectMapper.java:459) at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.object.ObjectMapper.serializeObject(ObjectMapper.java:517) at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.object.ObjectMapper.parse(ObjectMapper.java:459) at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.DocumentMapper.parse(DocumentMapper.java:515) at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.DocumentMapper.parse(DocumentMapper.java:462) at org.elasticsearch.index.shard.service.InternalIndexShard.prepareIndex(InternalIndexShard.java:384) at org.elasticsearch.action.index.TransportIndexAction.shardOperationOnPrimary(TransportIndexAction.java:203) at org.elasticsearch.action.support.replication.TransportShardReplicationOperationAction$AsyncShardOperationAction.performOnPrimary(TransportShardReplicationOperationAction.java:556) at org.elasticsearch.action.support.replication.TransportShardReplicationOperationAction$AsyncShardOperationAction$1.run(TransportShardReplicationOperationAction.java:426) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) Caused by: org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchIllegalArgumentException: unknown property [content] at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.core.LongFieldMapper.innerParseCreateField(LongFieldMapper.java:287) at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.core.NumberFieldMapper.parseCreateField(NumberFieldMapper.java:215) at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.core.AbstractFieldMapper.parse(AbstractFieldMapper.java:408) ... 22 more this's my json document: * * * ## {"documents":{"document":{"body":{"title":"Non Stop","duration":"0:30:0","timezone":"+0200","air.time":"11:30 (UTC +0200)","epochtime":1410946200,"timecode.unit":"sec","chan\_id":"tv","lead":{"p":{"UTC":20140917093000,"offset":0,"TC":[20140917113000,{"content":"ministres","utcstarttime":20140917093001,"tcendtime":20140917113001,"offset":1,"tcstarttime":20140917113001,"utcendtime":20140917093001}]}},"air.startTime":20140917113000,"media":{"media-reference":{"content":"non-stop.mp4","nodoc":"VIDEO·20140917·TZB\_V·20140917113000","format":"tv"},"media-type":"video"}},"doc.management":{"nodoc":{"pub.code":"TZB","date":20140917,"type":"TV"},"status":"DIFFUSE","initial.sequence":"20140917113000non-stop","language":"FRA"},"signaletic":{"publication":{"category":"Journal","name.norm":"TV","date.iso8601":"2014-09-17"}}},"schemaLocation":"[http://google.com/](http://google.com/)"}} You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. 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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, 12:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-elasticsearch-java-org-elasticsearch-elasticsearchillegalargumentexception-unknown-property-content/20340/3 "2017-07-06T00:55:01Z")