# Inserting using alias

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/inserting-using-alias/50775>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 23, 2016, 10:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/inserting-using-alias/50775 "2016-05-23T22:24:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Pradeep\_Gowda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ebca7d/32.png) [@Pradeep\_Gowda](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Pradeep_Gowda)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2016, 10:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/inserting-using-alias/50775/1 "2016-05-23T22:24:53Z")

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Can I use alias to insert document assuming that alias is mapped to only one index?

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**Author:** ![danielmitterdorfer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/danielmitterdorfer/32/110510_2.png) [@danielmitterdorfer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/danielmitterdorfer)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2016, 10:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/inserting-using-alias/50775/2 "2016-05-24T10:10:16Z")

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Hi @Pradeep_Gowda,

Let's try it out:

```auto
PUT /testindex

POST /_aliases
{
    "actions": [
       {
          "add": {
             "index": "testindex",
             "alias": "testalias"
          }
       }
    ]
}

POST /testindex/mytype
{
    "name": "Bart"
}

POST /testalias/mytype
{
    "name": "Lisa"
}

```

The last statement returns:

```auto
{
   "_index": "testindex",
   "_type": "mytype",
   "_id": "AVTiPdo8LXFccQXiKN6n",
   "_version": 1,
   "_shards": {
      "total": 2,
      "successful": 1,
      "failed": 0
   },
   "created": true
}

```

So this is indeed possible.

Daniel

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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:** [July 5, 2017, 10:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/inserting-using-alias/50775/3 "2017-07-05T22:49:33Z")

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Closed on July 5, 2017, 10:49pm UTC