# I am trying to execute bulk query using Postman but getting an Error

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-am-trying-to-execute-bulk-query-using-postman-but-getting-an-error/340332>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 8, 2023, 7:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-am-trying-to-execute-bulk-query-using-postman-but-getting-an-error/340332 "2023-08-08T07:32:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Subrato1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@Subrato1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Subrato1)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2023, 7:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-am-trying-to-execute-bulk-query-using-postman-but-getting-an-error/340332/1 "2023-08-08T07:32:03Z")

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```auto
PUT /library/_bulk?refresh
{"index":{"_id": "Leviathan Wakes"}}
{"name": "Leviathan Wakes", "author": "James S.A. Corey", "release_date": "2011-06-02", "page_count": 561}
{"index":{"_id": "Hyperion"}}
{"name": "Hyperion", "author": "Dan Simmons", "release_date": "1989-05-26", "page_count": 482}
{"index":{"_id": "Dune"}}
{"name": "Dune", "author": "Frank Herbert", "release_date": "1965-06-01", "page_count": 604}

```

I am getting one error :

```auto
{
    "error": {
        "root_cause": [
            {
                "type": "illegal_argument_exception",
                "reason": "Malformed action/metadata line [1], expected START_OBJECT but found [START_ARRAY]"
            }
        ],
        "type": "illegal_argument_exception",
        "reason": "Malformed action/metadata line [1], expected START_OBJECT but found [START_ARRAY]"
    },
    "status": 400
}

```

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2023, 8:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-am-trying-to-execute-bulk-query-using-postman-but-getting-an-error/340332/2 "2023-08-08T08:18:36Z")

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Could you try the same thing in Kibana?  
It looks good to me.

Is it **EXACTLY** what you are sending?

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**Author:** ![Subrato1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@Subrato1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Subrato1)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2023, 10:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-am-trying-to-execute-bulk-query-using-postman-but-getting-an-error/340332/3 "2023-08-08T10:19:02Z")

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Yes, Its working properly in Dev Tool but in our scope, we want to execute it in Postman.

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2023, 2:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-am-trying-to-execute-bulk-query-using-postman-but-getting-an-error/340332/4 "2023-08-08T14:33:05Z")

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You need to make sure that Postman converts the request to something like:

```auto
$ cat requests
{ "index" : { "_index" : "test", "_id" : "1" } }
{ "field1" : "value1" }
$ curl -s -H "Content-Type: application/x-ndjson" -XPOST localhost:9200/_bulk --data-binary "@requests"; echo
{"took":7, "errors": false, "items":[{"index":{"_index":"test","_id":"1","_version":1,"result":"created","forced_refresh":false}}]}

```

See the `application/x-ndjson` part...

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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:** [September 5, 2023, 2:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-am-trying-to-execute-bulk-query-using-postman-but-getting-an-error/340332/5 "2023-09-05T14:33:29Z")

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