Problems with GeoPoint field after switching to Elasticsearch Java API Client

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Hi.

I'm trying to switch from RestHighLevelClient to Elasticsearch Java API Client in my Java application, and now it causes some problems with indexing geo_point fields. Specifically, I get.

{
   "index":{
      "_id":"id",
      "_index":"multiple_fields_entity",
      "status":400,
      "error":{
         "type":"mapper_parsing_exception",
         "reason":"failed to parse field [coordinates] of type [geo_point]",
         "caused_by":{
            "type":"parse_exception",
            "reason":"field must be either [lat], [lon] or [geohash]"
         }
      },
      "_type":"_doc"
   }
}

The version of Elasticsearch stayed the same, 7.17.11. The mapping of the multiple_fields_entity field is as follows.

{
   "dynamic":false,
   "properties":{
      ...,
      "coordinates":{
         "type":"geo_point"
      },
      ...
   }
}

When I send the document object in an index request, the coordinates field is of class org.elasticsearch.common.geo.GeoPoint. With the RestHighLevelClient everything worked fine; the error occurred after the client switch. Could you please help me to make it work? Thanks.

2

Welcome!

I think you should not depend on Elasticsearch GeoPoint class anymore but build your own with only the required fields.

Like:

3

Thanks, now I can index the object without a problem.