# How to load json file in elastic search using kibana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-load-json-file-in-elastic-search-using-kibana/115434>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [January 14, 2018, 9:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-load-json-file-in-elastic-search-using-kibana/115434 "2018-01-14T09:00:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nikparab](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nikparab/32/17493_2.png) [@Nikparab](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nikparab)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2018, 9:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-load-json-file-in-elastic-search-using-kibana/115434/1 "2018-01-14T09:00:16Z")

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I am firing command as fillow in kibana as follow

POST /test/test/1 -d @zips.json

Output as follow

{  
"error": "Content-Type header [text/plain] is not supported",  
"status": 406  
}

Can anyone help me in this please. I am having my file in local machine.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2018, 9:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-load-json-file-in-elastic-search-using-kibana/115434/2 "2018-01-14T09:11:07Z")

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You cannot post files to Elasticsearch via Console, you need to use curl.

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**Author:** ![Nikparab](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nikparab/32/17493_2.png) [@Nikparab](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nikparab)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2018, 9:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-load-json-file-in-elastic-search-using-kibana/115434/3 "2018-01-14T09:12:44Z")

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SO it should use with kibana or from browser???

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2018, 7:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-load-json-file-in-elastic-search-using-kibana/115434/4 "2018-01-14T19:37:17Z")

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You need to use curl, or similar. Neither the browser or Kibana can upload files like that.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2018, 7:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-load-json-file-in-elastic-search-using-kibana/115434/5 "2018-02-11T19:37:18Z")

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