Getting started - where and how to use POST command example?

[debasisc (Debasis Chatterjee)]

Just recently installed Elasticsearch in Windows 10.
Trying to follow "getting started" tutorial.

Can you provide working version of curl command or equivalent whereby I can execute this step?

I do not have Kibana installed yet.

Simple GET works from Windows CMD window.

C:\Users\debasisc>curl -X GET localhost:9200
{
  "name" : "CDDMLW008",
  "cluster_name" : "elasticsearch",
  "cluster_uuid" : "ENU01Xf1T5-sZRyF-jF7Vw",
  "version" : {
    "number" : "7.5.2",
    "build_flavor" : "default",
    "build_type" : "zip",
    "build_hash" : "8bec50e1e0ad29dad5653712cf3bb580cd1afcdf",
    "build_date" : "2020-01-15T12:11:52.313576Z",
    "build_snapshot" : false,
    "lucene_version" : "8.3.0",
    "minimum_wire_compatibility_version" : "6.8.0",
    "minimum_index_compatibility_version" : "6.0.0-beta1"
  },
  "tagline" : "You Know, for Search"
}

Thank you

POST localhost:9200/accounts/person/1 
{
    "name" : "John",
    "lastname" : "Doe",
    "job_description" : "Systems administrator and Linux specialit"
}

Getting started shows example PUT - but looks like that is not supported.

I then tried to create separate file with input. And used POST. Even then I get error.

C:\Elasticsearch\elasticsearch-7.5.2\bin>type try1.txt
{
"name": "John Doe"
}
C:\Elasticsearch\elasticsearch-7.5.2\bin>curl -X POST -d try1.txt localhost:9200/accounts/person/1
{"error":"Content-Type header [application/x-www-form-urlencoded] is not supported","status":406}
C:\Elasticsearch\elasticsearch-7.5.2\bin>

[debasisc (Debasis Chatterjee)]

Okay, after several tries - this command works -

My command is in separate file "try1.txt"
C:\Elasticsearch\elasticsearch-7.5.2\bin>type try1.txt

{

"name": "John Doe"

}

C:\Elasticsearch\elasticsearch-7.5.2\bin>curl -X POST -d @try1.txt -H "Content-Type: application/json" localhost:9200/accounts/person/1

{"_index":"accounts","_type":"person","_id":"1","_version":1,"result":"created","_shards":{"total":2,"successful":1,"failed":0},"_seq_no":0,"_primary_term":1}

[HenningAndersen]

Hi @debasisc,

glad that you found a solution. Notice that all examples in the elasticsearch docs have a "Copy as cURL" option, making it easy to go from the examples to pasting them into a terminal. See for instance this example.

[debasisc (Debasis Chatterjee)]

Thanks. Indeed the link "Copy as cURL" is very useful.