### Author:  [@dawiro](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dawiro)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2021, 5:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-provisioning-index-pattern/276172/1 "2021-06-16T17:15:54Z")
Hi,
I'm trying to create an index pattern from the following json file:
```auto
{
"index_pattern": {
"id": ""
"version": "0.1"
"title": "test-*",
"timeFieldName": "@timestamp",
"fieldFormats": {},
"fieldAttrs": {},
"allowNoIndex": true
}
}
```
However, when I apply this file I get the following error:
```auto
{"statusCode":400,"error":"Bad Request","message":"[request body.index_pattern.title]: expected value of type [string] but got [undefined]"}
```
What am I doing wrong here? Kibana version is 7.11.2.
Thx
D
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### Author:  [@lukeelmers](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lukeelmers)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2021, 5:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-provisioning-index-pattern/276172/2 "2021-06-16T17:30:19Z")
Your json looks malformed as it's missing a few commas -- is that just from you copying the json over here? If not, I'd start by fixing that.
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### Author:  [@dawiro](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dawiro)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2021, 7:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-provisioning-index-pattern/276172/3 "2021-06-17T07:05:57Z")
Ah, my bad. I should have noticed that! Thanks anyway 🙂
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### Author:  [@dawiro](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dawiro)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2021, 2:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-provisioning-index-pattern/276172/4 "2021-06-17T14:02:34Z")
I spoke too soon it seems. Adding commas to the end of the json didn't fix the issue.
If I take an example from the documentation page for index pattern provisioning:
```auto
{
"override": false,
"refresh_fields": true,
"index_pattern": {
"title": "hello"
}
}
```
I still get the same error:
```auto
{"statusCode":400,"error":"Bad Request","message":"[request body.index_pattern.title]: expected value of type [string] but got [undefined]"}
```
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### Author:  [@lukeelmers](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lukeelmers)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2021, 10:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-provisioning-index-pattern/276172/5 "2021-06-17T22:39:41Z")
Hm, I just tested this on a 7.11.2 deployment and I can't reproduce it. What does your request look like?
Here's the curl I am using:
```auto
curl -v -X POST "https://my-kibana:9243/api/index_patterns/index_pattern" -H 'kbn-xsrf: true' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -H '' -d'
{
"override": false,
"refresh_fields": true,
"index_pattern": {
"title": "hello"
}
}
'
```
And I get a 200 back.
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### Author:  [@dawiro](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dawiro)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2021, 7:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-provisioning-index-pattern/276172/6 "2021-06-18T07:12:15Z")
My request looks like this:
```auto
curl -s -k -H "kbn-xsrf: true" -XPOST http://localhost:5601/api/index_patterns/index_pattern --data @test.json
```
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### Author:  [@lukeelmers](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lukeelmers)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2021, 6:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-provisioning-index-pattern/276172/7 "2021-06-22T18:42:03Z")
And you are certain the json is not malformed? Does it work if you include the data inline (as in my example above)?
You might also try sending a `Content-Type: application/json` header.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2021, 6:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-provisioning-index-pattern/276172/8 "2021-07-20T18:42:26Z")
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