How to create a document where the _id has spaces (Dev Tools)

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I am attempting to create a document in an index where _id has spaces. I get a parsing exception in Dev Tools. Here is the start of POST statement:

POST /label-expression/_doc/(AB_123 | CD_123)

I must have the spaces, and somehow all the other documents in the index have _ids with spaces. I tried escaping like this:

POST /label-expression/_doc/(AB_123\ |\ \CD_123)

, still got error. I would be grateful for any ideas, even if I have to do it some other way than with Dev Tools. Thank you!

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May be replace spaces with %20?

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And you have to use the PUT verb (instead of POST) when you want to specify an id during document creation.

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Yes! that worked! Thank you sir!!

5

Really?? Its working fine with POST

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But it should be a PUT indeed.

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ok regarding PUT. What is the down side of using POST instead of PUT in this situation?

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POST should not work as in that case the id is automatically generated.

PUT means put this specific resource (knowing its id)

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Actually, both PUT and POST work. I really thought that you had to use PUT in this case - that's also what it says in the current Index API docs.

Just tested the following with Kibana Dev Tools (ELK Stack v8.10.4)

POST /products/_doc/76
{
  "name": "Laptop"
}

PUT /products/_doc/42
{
  "name": "Book"
}

# Both products have the specified _id
GET /products/_search
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Agreed. It looks like a bug or a undocumented change... :blush:

  • PUT /<target>/_doc/<_id>
  • POST /<target>/_doc/
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