How to index an existing json file

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1

Hi,

I am just starting with ElasticSearch, I would like to know how to index a
simple json document "books.json" that has the following in it: Where do I
place the document? I placed it in root directory of elastic search and in
/bin folder..

{“books”:[{“name”:”life in heaven”,”author”:”Mike Smith”},{“name”:”get
rich”,”author”:”Joe Shmoe”},{“name”:”luxury properties”,”author”:”Linda
Jones”]}}

$ curl -XPUT "http://localhost:9200/books/book/1" -d @books.json

Warning: Couldn't read data from file "books.json", this makes an empty
POST.

{"error":"MapperParsingException[failed to parse, document is
empty]","status":400}

Thanks

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2

The JSON file is used by the curl command, so in your example it should be
in the same directory in which you executed the command (current directory).

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On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 6:00 PM, ZenMaster80 sabdalla80@gmail.com wrote:

Hi,

I am just starting with Elasticsearch, I would like to know how to index a
simple json document "books.json" that has the following in it: Where do I
place the document? I placed it in root directory of Elasticsearch and in
/bin folder..

{“books”:[{“name”:”life in heaven”,”author”:”Mike Smith”},{“name”:”get
rich”,”author”:”Joe Shmoe”},{“name”:”luxury properties”,”author”:”Linda
Jones”]}}

$ curl -XPUT "http://localhost:9200/books/book/1" -d @books.json

Warning: Couldn't read data from file "books.json", this makes an empty
POST.

{"error":"MapperParsingException[failed to parse, document is
empty]","status":400}

Thanks

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Great, Do you know why I am getting

{"error":"MapperParsingException[failed to parse]; nested:
JsonParseException[Unrecognized token 'life': was expecting ('true',
'false' or 'null')\n at [Source: [B@5c9a9d06; line: 1, column: 35]];
","status":400}

data:

{“books”:[{“name”:”life in heaven”,”author”:”Mike Smith”},{“name”:”get
rich”,”author”:”Joe Shmoe”},{“name”:”luxury properties”,”author”:”Linda
Jones”}]}

On Tuesday, January 7, 2014 9:06:01 PM UTC-5, Ivan Brusic wrote:

The JSON file is used by the curl command, so in your example it should be
in the same directory in which you executed the command (current directory).

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On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 6:00 PM, ZenMaster80 <sabda...@gmail.com<javascript:>

wrote:

Hi,

I am just starting with Elasticsearch, I would like to know how to index
a simple json document "books.json" that has the following in it: Where do
I place the document? I placed it in root directory of Elasticsearch and
in /bin folder..

{“books”:[{“name”:”life in heaven”,”author”:”Mike Smith”},{“name”:”get
rich”,”author”:”Joe Shmoe”},{“name”:”luxury properties”,”author”:”Linda
Jones”]}}

$ curl -XPUT "http://localhost:9200/books/book/1" -d @books.json

Warning: Couldn't read data from file "books.json", this makes an empty
POST.

{"error":"MapperParsingException[failed to parse, document is
empty]","status":400}

Thanks

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Start with a clean index:

curl -XDELETE "http://localhost:9200/books/"

You probably have a bad mapping (some docs already indexed?)

If you still have problems, please gist a full curl recreation. See Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic

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Le 8 janv. 2014 à 03:10, ZenMaster80 sabdalla80@gmail.com a écrit :

Great, Do you know why I am getting
{"error":"MapperParsingException[failed to parse]; nested: JsonParseException[Unrecognized token 'life': was expecting ('true', 'false' or 'null')\n at [Source: [B@5c9a9d06; line: 1, column: 35]]; ","status":400}

data:

{“books”:[{“name”:”life in heaven”,”author”:”Mike Smith”},{“name”:”get rich”,”author”:”Joe Shmoe”},{“name”:”luxury properties”,”author”:”Linda Jones”}]}

On Tuesday, January 7, 2014 9:06:01 PM UTC-5, Ivan Brusic wrote:
The JSON file is used by the curl command, so in your example it should be in the same directory in which you executed the command (current directory).

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On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 6:00 PM, ZenMaster80 sabda...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,

I am just starting with Elasticsearch, I would like to know how to index a simple json document "books.json" that has the following in it: Where do I place the document? I placed it in root directory of Elasticsearch and in /bin folder..

{“books”:[{“name”:”life in heaven”,”author”:”Mike Smith”},{“name”:”get rich”,”author”:”Joe Shmoe”},{“name”:”luxury properties”,”author”:”Linda Jones”]}}

$ curl -XPUT "http://localhost:9200/books/book/1" -d @books.json

Warning: Couldn't read data from file "books.json", this makes an empty POST.
{"error":"MapperParsingException[failed to parse, document is empty]","status":400}

Thanks

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5

Use the binary data flag or curl does not work correctly.

curl -XPUT "http://localhost:9200/books/book/1" --data-binary --data
@books.json

Jörg

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Thank you for the binary flag tip. It is also in the documentation here:

On Tuesday, January 7, 2014 9:00:33 PM UTC-5, ZenMaster80 wrote:

Hi,

I am just starting with Elasticsearch, I would like to know how to index a
simple json document "books.json" that has the following in it: Where do I
place the document? I placed it in root directory of Elasticsearch and in
/bin folder..

{“books”:[{“name”:”life in heaven”,”author”:”Mike Smith”},{“name”:”get
rich”,”author”:”Joe Shmoe”},{“name”:”luxury properties”,”author”:”Linda
Jones”]}}

$ curl -XPUT "http://localhost:9200/books/book/1" -d @books.json

Warning: Couldn't read data from file "books.json", this makes an empty
POST.

{"error":"MapperParsingException[failed to parse, document is
empty]","status":400}

Thanks

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Thank you for the binary flag tip. It is also in the documentation here:

On Wednesday, January 8, 2014 4:19:35 AM UTC-5, Jörg Prante wrote:

Use the binary data flag or curl does not work correctly.

curl -XPUT "http://localhost:9200/books/book/1" --data-binary --data
@books.json

Jörg

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You have a syntax error in your JSON with the unbalanced sequence of
enclosing squigglies & bracket. Compare the two ends.

Tom

On Tuesday, January 7, 2014 7:00:33 PM UTC-7, sammy wrote:

Hi,

I am just starting with Elasticsearch, I would like to know how to index a
simple json document "books.json" that has the following in it: Where do I
place the document? I placed it in root directory of Elasticsearch and in
/bin folder..

{“books”:[{“name”:”life in heaven”,”author”:”Mike Smith”},{“name”:”get
rich”,”author”:”Joe Shmoe”},{“name”:”luxury properties”,”author”:”Linda
Jones”]}}

$ curl -XPUT "http://localhost:9200/books/book/1" -d @books.json

Warning: Couldn't read data from file "books.json", this makes an empty
POST.

{"error":"MapperParsingException[failed to parse, document is
empty]","status":400}

Thanks

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Hi.
If you want, you can easily manage your cluster and node elastic using this script :
https://github.com/SarahBourgeois/elasticsearch-Cluster-Manager.