# Malformed action/metadata line \[1\], expected START\_OBJECT or END\_OBJECT but found \[VALUE\_NUMBER\]

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/malformed-action-metadata-line-1-expected-start-object-or-end-object-but-found-value-number/170815>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 5, 2019, 1:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/malformed-action-metadata-line-1-expected-start-object-or-end-object-but-found-value-number/170815 "2019-03-05T01:36:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pawan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Pawan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Pawan)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2019, 1:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/malformed-action-metadata-line-1-expected-start-object-or-end-object-but-found-value-number/170815/1 "2019-03-05T01:36:41Z")

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Hi,  
can someone help wts i am doing wrong, basically i am reading data from aws s3 and sending to elasticsearch via lambda.

Python code: [https://pastebin.com/qeDRQ0hQ](https://pastebin.com/qeDRQ0hQ)  
Getting Json: [https://pastebin.com/tM4jZStB](https://pastebin.com/tM4jZStB)  
Error:  
b'  
{  
"error": {  
"root\_cause": [  
{  
"type": "illegal\_argument\_exception",  
"reason": "Malformed action/metadata line [1], expected START\_OBJECT or END\_OBJECT but found [VALUE\_NUMBER]"  
}  
],  
"type": "illegal\_argument\_exception",  
"reason": "Malformed action/metadata line [1], expected START\_OBJECT or END\_OBJECT but found [VALUE\_NUMBER]"  
},  
"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:** [March 5, 2019, 2:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/malformed-action-metadata-line-1-expected-start-object-or-end-object-but-found-value-number/170815/2 "2019-03-05T02:45:35Z")

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Which elasticsearch API are you calling?  
Can you print what is really sent to elasticsearch (the full http request I mean)?

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**Author:** ![Pawan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Pawan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Pawan)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 9:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/malformed-action-metadata-line-1-expected-start-object-or-end-object-but-found-value-number/170815/3 "2019-03-06T09:52:08Z")

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This is sorted out. Now i have parsed each requirement records. yes i was doing wrong method on bulk request. Now i don't need required bulk request.

Thanks

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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:** [April 3, 2019, 9:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/malformed-action-metadata-line-1-expected-start-object-or-end-object-but-found-value-number/170815/4 "2019-04-03T09:52:19Z")

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