# Geo\_point expected - Elasticsearch version 7.3.2 **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [September 28, 2019, 2:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-point-expected-elasticsearch-version-7-3-2/201495 "2019-09-28T14:51:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lmariselvam](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lmariselvam/32/54542_2.png) [@lmariselvam](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lmariselvam)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2019, 2:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-point-expected-elasticsearch-version-7-3-2/201495/1 "2019-09-28T14:51:20Z")
I'm trying to index a document with a valid "geo\_point" data, but I got an error saying "geo\_point expected". Can someone please advise? Request: curl -X PUT "10.80.0.78:9200/production-index/mytype/mydocument1?pretty" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d'{"account":"170/170/653","location":[-74.104158,41.053954]}' Output: { "error" : { "root\_cause" : [ { "type" : "parse\_exception", "reason" : "geo\_point expected" } ], "type" : "mapper\_parsing\_exception", "reason" : "failed to parse field [location] of type [geo\_point]", "caused\_by" : { "type" : "parse\_exception", "reason" : "geo\_point expected" } }, "status" : 400 } ---
**Author:** ![Ignacio\_Vera](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ignacio_vera/32/36674_2.png) [@Ignacio\_Vera](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ignacio_Vera)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2019, 3:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-point-expected-elasticsearch-version-7-3-2/201495/2 "2019-09-28T15:31:56Z")
Can you try POST instead of PUT? ---
**Author:** ![lmariselvam](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lmariselvam/32/54542_2.png) [@lmariselvam](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lmariselvam)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2019, 3:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-point-expected-elasticsearch-version-7-3-2/201495/3 "2019-09-28T15:36:54Z")
@Ignacio_Vera I still receive the same error curl -X POST "10.80.0.78:9200/production-listings/listings/mydocument1?pretty" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d'{"account":"170/170/653","location":[-74.104158,41.053954]}' ---
**Author:** ![Ignacio\_Vera](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ignacio_vera/32/36674_2.png) [@Ignacio\_Vera](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ignacio_Vera)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2019, 3:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-point-expected-elasticsearch-version-7-3-2/201495/4 "2019-09-28T15:44:23Z")
Unfortunately I cannot reproduce it, could you provide the mapping you are using? ---
**Author:** ![lmariselvam](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lmariselvam/32/54542_2.png) [@lmariselvam](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lmariselvam)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2019, 3:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-point-expected-elasticsearch-version-7-3-2/201495/5 "2019-09-28T15:50:52Z")
@Ignacio_Vera This is the mapping I'm using: [https://jsoneditoronline.org/?id=329a057fdd474c189f27f386317e9757](https://jsoneditoronline.org/?id=329a057fdd474c189f27f386317e9757) ---
**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2019, 4:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-point-expected-elasticsearch-version-7-3-2/201495/6 "2019-09-28T16:03:21Z")
> [@lmariselvam](#): > > curl -X POST "10.80.0.78:9200/production-listings/listings/mydocument1?pretty" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d'{"account":"170/170/653","location":[-74.104158,41.053954]}' 7.0+ must use the` _doc` type.... that is the issue I believe ([Removal of types](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/removal-of-types.html)) I just put in your mapping then posted the document, I think you have a leftover type `listings` in the URL `curl -X POST "localhost:9200/production-listings/_doc/mydocument1?pretty" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d'{"account":"170/170/653","location": [-74.104158, 41.053954] }'` Oh an just for clarity sake POST with providing document id is not really correct ... PUT with \_id POST without so should be `curl -X POST "localhost:9200/production-listings/_doc?pretty" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d'{"account":"170/170/653","location": [-74.104158, 41.053954] }'` or `curl -X PUT "localhost:9200/production-listings/_doc/mydocument1?pretty" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d'{"account":"170/170/653","location": [-74.104158, 41.053954] }` Tested both worked ---
**Author:** ![lmariselvam](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lmariselvam/32/54542_2.png) [@lmariselvam](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lmariselvam)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2019, 4:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-point-expected-elasticsearch-version-7-3-2/201495/7 "2019-09-28T16:17:42Z")
Thank you @stephenb It worked. I was not aware of removal of types [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/removal-of-types.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/removal-of-types.html) ---
**Author:** ![Code\_Blog\_Money](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/code_blog_money/32/55385_2.png) [@Code\_Blog\_Money](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Code_Blog_Money)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2019, 9:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-point-expected-elasticsearch-version-7-3-2/201495/8 "2019-10-04T09:11:28Z")
you can validate your JSON data at [https://jsonformatter.org](https://jsonformatter.org) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 9:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-point-expected-elasticsearch-version-7-3-2/201495/9 "2019-11-01T09:11:48Z")
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