# Posting data to elasticsearch index using java API

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/posting-data-to-elasticsearch-index-using-java-api/219714>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 18, 2020, 6:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/posting-data-to-elasticsearch-index-using-java-api/219714 "2020-02-18T06:22:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![cravinder489](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/cravinder489/32/62858_2.png) [@cravinder489](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cravinder489)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2020, 6:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/posting-data-to-elasticsearch-index-using-java-api/219714/1 "2020-02-18T06:22:29Z")

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I'm sending data to my elasticsearch index using JestClient in java(using a POJO class).

```
    JSONObject obj1 = new JSONObject();
        	    		obj1.put("name","answer");
                        test1 document = new test1(); //test1 is a POJO class
                        document.setQAJoinField(obj1);
                        document.setBody(str);
                        document.setCreationDate();
                        document.setOwner("Registration");
                        document.setIsValid(true);
                        JestResult result1 = jestClient.execute(new Index.Builder(document).index("idxquesanswer").type("_doc").id(Integer.toString(id)).build());

```

The above code works well. But,

```
JSONObject obj2 = new JSONObject();
    	    		obj2.put("name","question");
    	    		obj2.put("parent",Integer.toString(id-1));
                    test1 document1 = new test1();
                    document1.setQAJoinField(obj2);
                    document1.setBody(str);
                    document1.setTitle(str);
                    document1.setIsValid(true);
                    JestResult result2 = jestClient.execute(new Index.Builder(document1).index("idxquesanswer").type("_doc").id(Integer.toString(id)).build());

```

In the above code, I get an error:  
`"error":{"root_cause":[{"type":"mapper_parsing_exception","reason":"failed to parse"}],"type":"mapper_parsing_exception","reason":"failed to parse","caused_by":{"type":"illegal_argument_exception","reason":"[routing] is missing for join field [qajoinfield]"}},"status":400}, isSucceeded: false, response code: 400, error message: {"root_cause":[{"type":"mapper_parsing_exception","reason":"failed to parse"}],"type":"mapper_parsing_exception","reason":"failed to parse","caused_by":{"type":"illegal_argument_exception","reason":"[routing] is missing for join field [qajoinfield]"}`

How can I resolve it?

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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:** [February 18, 2020, 7:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/posting-data-to-elasticsearch-index-using-java-api/219714/2 "2020-02-18T07:58:24Z")

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Welcome!

I think you need to provide the routing key (which is the parent id).

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**Author:** ![cravinder489](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/cravinder489/32/62858_2.png) [@cravinder489](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cravinder489)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2020, 9:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/posting-data-to-elasticsearch-index-using-java-api/219714/3 "2020-02-18T09:53:21Z")

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Thanks David  
Yes, you're right. I need to provide the routing key. But I don't know how to do that.  
Also, I'm providing the parent id for the child document in the JSON format (as obj2).  
but still the issue isn't resolved.

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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:** [February 18, 2020, 10:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/posting-data-to-elasticsearch-index-using-java-api/219714/4 "2020-02-18T10:09:40Z")

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I don't know Jest as I'm only using the official Java REST Client but I guess it exposes something like:

```
new Index.Builder(document1)
    .index("idxquesanswer")
    .type("_doc")
    .id(Integer.toString(id))
    .routing("parent_id") // Routing here
    .build();
```

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**Author:** ![cravinder489](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/cravinder489/32/62858_2.png) [@cravinder489](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cravinder489)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 4:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/posting-data-to-elasticsearch-index-using-java-api/219714/5 "2020-02-19T04:57:15Z")

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Thanks David for help  
I tried this but there is no such option for setting routing value in this way.  
Can you please tell me how to send JSON parent and child documents to our elasticsearch index using java API?

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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:** [February 19, 2020, 9:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/posting-data-to-elasticsearch-index-using-java-api/219714/6 "2020-02-19T09:55:11Z")

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Using Jest? I don't know as I said.

I looked briefly at the code source and found that:

> <https://github.com/searchbox-io/Jest/blob/fe19dc4396e08f0e03c4e749a60b8a0ed398f084/jest-common/src/main/java/io/searchbox/core/Doc.java#L84-L86>

May be that can help?

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**Author:** ![cravinder489](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/cravinder489/32/62858_2.png) [@cravinder489](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cravinder489)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 10:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/posting-data-to-elasticsearch-index-using-java-api/219714/7 "2020-02-25T10:35:47Z")

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Thank You So Much David for your help

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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:** [March 24, 2020, 10:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/posting-data-to-elasticsearch-index-using-java-api/219714/8 "2020-03-24T10:35:51Z")

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