# Ingest attachment - missing attachment field in results
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ingest-attachment-missing-attachment-field-in-results/103656
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [October 12, 2017, 7:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ingest-attachment-missing-attachment-field-in-results/103656 "2017-10-12T07:04:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Shawn\_Mullen\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shawn_Mullen_2)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2017, 7:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ingest-attachment-missing-attachment-field-in-results/103656/1 "2017-10-12T07:04:24Z")
I have read everything I could find but I have not been able to get the ingest attachment plugin to work. I am using the mapping below:
```auto
{
"settings": {
"analysis": {
"analyzer": {
"lower_keyword_analyzer": {
"type": "custom",
"tokenizer": "keyword",
"char_filter": [
"html_strip"
],
"filter": [
"lowercase"
]
}
},
"char_filter":{
"punc_filter":{
"type":"mapping",
"mappings":[
"- => ",
", => ",
"( => ",
") => ",
"' => ",
"[ => ",
"] => ",
"\" => ",
"$ => ",
"& => ",
": => ",
"; => ",
". => ",
"* => ",
"= => ",
"+ => ",
"^ => ",
"% => ",
"# => ",
"@ => ",
"! => ",
"~ => ",
"? => "
]
}
},
"normalizer":{
"sortnormalizer":{
"type":"custom",
"char_filter":["punc_filter"],
"filter": ["lowercase"]
}
}
}
},
"mappings":{
"my_document":{
"_all":{"enabled":false},
"properties": {
"collection_identifier":
{
"type":"keyword"
},
"document_file_name":
{
"type":"text",
"analyzer":"lower_keyword_analyzer"
},
"document_type":
{
"type":"keyword"
},
"document_title":
{
"type":"text",
"analyzer":"lower_keyword_analyzer",
"fields":{
"sort":{
"type":"keyword",
"normalizer": "sortnormalizer"
},
"case_sensitive":{
"type":"keyword"
}
}
},
"attachment":{
"properties":{
"content": {"type":"text","store": true}
}
},
"document_categories":
{
"type":"text",
"analyzer":"lower_keyword_analyzer"
},
"document_tags":
{
"type":"text",
"analyzer":"standard"
},
"document_created_at":
{
"type":"date",
"format":"epoch_millis"
},
"document_update_at":
{
"type":"date",
"format":"epoch_millis"
},
"data":{
"type":"text"
}
}
}
}
}
```
I have configured the pipeline using:
```auto
{
"description" : "Extract attachment information",
"processors" : [
{
"attachment" : {
"field" : "data",
"indexed_chars": -1,
"properties":["content"]
}
}
]
}
```
I am using the bulk api. I am using NodeJS. After indexing (no errors returned) and I do a search (GET - /\_search), the results include the base64 encoded data but there is no attachment field in the results. I must be missing something because no one else seems to be having this issue. Any ideas?
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2017, 7:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ingest-attachment-missing-attachment-field-in-results/103656/2 "2017-10-12T07:29:08Z")
Could you share a typical document you are sending?
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### Author:  [@Shawn\_Mullen\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shawn_Mullen_2)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2017, 8:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ingest-attachment-missing-attachment-field-in-results/103656/3 "2017-10-12T08:15:03Z")
```auto
{"document_identifiers":["1582-09-8"],"collection_identifier":"1","document_file_name":"actadmission.pdf","document_type":"pdf","document_title":"TRIFLURALIN","document_categories":["Hazard Assessment/Summary Document(s)"],"document_tags":["1582-09-8"],"document_created_at":1223683200000,"document_updated_at":1467465970727,"data":"[BASE64 ENCODED PDF DATA]"}
```
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### Author:  [@Shawn\_Mullen\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shawn_Mullen_2)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2017, 12:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ingest-attachment-missing-attachment-field-in-results/103656/4 "2017-10-12T12:03:25Z")
ok, well, i feel a bit stupid but i figured out the issue. Like I said I am using the bulk api. However, I was submitting the documents as "update" instead instead of "index".
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2017, 12:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ingest-attachment-missing-attachment-field-in-results/103656/5 "2017-11-09T12:03:52Z")
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