# Setting parent attribute for child document with java api
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-parent-attribute-for-child-document-with-java-api/17118
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [April 22, 2014, 3:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-parent-attribute-for-child-document-with-java-api/17118 "2014-04-22T03:59:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@echin1999\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/echin1999_2)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2014, 3:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-parent-attribute-for-child-document-with-java-api/17118/1 "2014-04-22T03:59:07Z")
Hi. I am having trouble trying to set the parent attribute for a child
document and was wondering if someone could suggest to me what i'm doing
wrong.
I have a type called "feedback" which I want to assign a parent attribute -
i want "feedback" to be a child of "content" - so i do the following:
_curl -XPUT [http://localhost:9200/myindex/feedback/\_mapping](http://localhost:9200/myindex/feedback/_mapping) -d '_
_{_
_"feedback" : {_
-
```
"_parent" : {*
```
-
```
"type" : "content"*
```
-
```
}*
```
-
```
}*
```
_}_'
My java code to insert a document of type "feedback" look like this:
_IndexResponse response = \_client.prepareIndex(INDEX, TYPE\_FEEDBACK,
feedback.getFeedbackId()).setParent(""+feedback.getContentId()).setSource(feedbackJSON.toString())
.execute().actionGet();_
I got back the response fine - and the response had the correct index,
type, and id.
However, If i try to fetch what i just inserted:
_curl -XGET [http://localhost:9200/myindex/feedback/${1}?pretty=true](http://localhost:9200/myindex/feedback/%24%7B1%7D?pretty=true)_
I get nothing:
_{_
- "\_index" : "myindex",\*
- "\_type" : "feedback",\*
- "\_id" : "3860",\*
- "exists" : false\*
_}_
If I examine the mapping, I _think_ it looks ok:
_curl -XGET [http://localhost:9200/myindex/feedback/\_mapping](http://localhost:9200/myindex/feedback/_mapping)_
_{"feedback":{"\_parent":{"type":"content"},"\_routing":{"required":true},"properties":{"cid":{"type":"long"},"cmi":{"type":"long"},"cp":{"type":"long"},"ct":{"type":"long"},"cwn":{"type":"long"},"dur":{"type":"long"},"fee":{"type":"long"},"ia":{"type":"long"},"ito":{"type":"long"},"mir":{"type":"long"},"mvd":{"type":"long"},"mvt":{"type":"long"},"n":{"type":"string"},"own":{"type":"long"},"pdt":{"type":"long"},"sav":{"type":"string"},"td":{"type":"long"}}}}_
If just search for all id's for that type, I do see the entry:
_curl [http://localhost:9200/myindex/feedback/\_search?pretty=true](http://localhost:9200/myindex/feedback/_search?pretty=true) -d '_
\*{ \*
- "query" : { \*
-
```
"match_all" : {} *
```
- },\*
- "fields": []\*
_}_
_'_
_{_
- "took" : 13,\*
- "timed\_out" : false,\*
- "\_shards" : {\*
- "total" : 5,\*
- "successful" : 5,\*
- "failed" : 0\*
- },\*
- "hits" : {\*
- "total" : 3,\*
- "max\_score" : 1.0,\*
- "hits" : [ {\*
-
```
"_index" : "myindex",*
```
-
```
"_type" : "feedback",*
```
-
```
"_id" : "1_3858",*
```
-
```
"_score" : 1.0*
```
- }, {\*
-
```
"_index" : "myindex",*
```
-
```
"_type" : "feedback",*
```
-
```
"_id" : "1_3859",*
```
-
```
"_score" : 1.0*
```
- }, {\*
-
```
"_index" : "myindex",*
```
-
```
"_type" : "feedback",*
```
-
```
"_id" : "3860",*
```
-
```
"_score" : 1.0*
```
- } ]\*
- }\*
_}_
Could someone tell me what I could be missing? This is version 0.90
Many thanks,
Ed
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### Author:  [@echin1999\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/echin1999_2)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2014, 5:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-parent-attribute-for-child-document-with-java-api/17118/2 "2014-04-22T17:10:19Z")
Parly resolved! My problem was that I need to specify the routing. With
Parent-Child, routing becomes required.
However, even though i'm able to see my documents again, the "\_parent"
attribute doesn't seem to show up when I query a doc. Do I need to
configure the parent type somehow for it to work? I simply modified the
mapping of the child type to include \_parent. When querying for the
mapping, i see \_parent in the result:
_curl -XGET [http://localhost:9200/myindex/feedback/\_mapping](http://localhost:9200/myindex/feedback/_mapping)
[http://localhost:9200/myindex/feedback/\_mapping](http://localhost:9200/myindex/feedback/_mapping)_
_{"feedback":{"\_parent":{"type":"content"},"\_routing":{"required":true},"properties":{"cid":{"type":"long"},"cmi":{"type":"long"},"cp":{"type":"long"},"ct":{"type":"long"},"cwn":{"type":"long"},"dur":{"type":"long"},"fee":{"type":"long"},"ia":{"type":"long"},"ito":{"type":"long"},"mir":{"type":"long"},"mvd":{"type":"long"},"mvt":{"type":"long"},"n":{"type":"string"},"own":{"type":"long"},"pdt":{"type":"long"},"sav":{"type":"string"},"td":{"type":"long"}}}}_
Thanks!
On Monday, April 21, 2014 11:59:07 PM UTC-4, echin1999 wrote:
> Hi. I am having trouble trying to set the parent attribute for a child
> document and was wondering if someone could suggest to me what i'm doing
> wrong.
>
> I have a type called "feedback" which I want to assign a parent attribute
>
> - i want "feedback" to be a child of "content" - so i do the following:
>
> _curl -XPUT [http://localhost:9200/myindex/feedback/\_mapping](http://localhost:9200/myindex/feedback/_mapping)
> [http://localhost:9200/myindex/feedback/\_mapping](http://localhost:9200/myindex/feedback/_mapping) -d '_
>
> _{_
>
> _"feedback" : {_
>
> -
>
> ```
> "_parent" : {*
>
> ```
>
> -
>
> ```
> "type" : "content"*
>
> ```
>
> -
>
> ```
> }*
>
> ```
>
> -
>
> ```
> }*
>
> ```
>
> _}_'
>
> My java code to insert a document of type "feedback" look like this:
>
> _IndexResponse response = \_client.prepareIndex(INDEX, TYPE\_FEEDBACK,
> feedback.getFeedbackId()).setParent(""+feedback.getContentId()).setSource(feedbackJSON.toString())
> .execute().actionGet();_
>
> I got back the response fine - and the response had the correct index,
> type, and id.
>
> However, If i try to fetch what i just inserted:
>
> _curl -XGET [http://localhost:9200/myindex/feedback/${1}?pretty=true](http://localhost:9200/myindex/feedback/$%7B1%7D?pretty=true)
> [http://localhost:9200/myindex/feedback/${1}?pretty=true](http://localhost:9200/myindex/feedback/$%7B1%7D?pretty=true)_
>
> I get nothing:
>
> _{_
>
> - "\_index" : "myindex",\*
>
> - "\_type" : "feedback",\*
>
> - "\_id" : "3860",\*
>
> - "exists" : false\*
>
> _}_
>
> If I examine the mapping, I _think_ it looks ok:
>
> _curl -XGET [http://localhost:9200/myindex/feedback/\_mapping](http://localhost:9200/myindex/feedback/_mapping)
> [http://localhost:9200/myindex/feedback/\_mapping](http://localhost:9200/myindex/feedback/_mapping)_
>
> _{"feedback":{"\_parent":{"type":"content"},"\_routing":{"required":true},"properties":{"cid":{"type":"long"},"cmi":{"type":"long"},"cp":{"type":"long"},"ct":{"type":"long"},"cwn":{"type":"long"},"dur":{"type":"long"},"fee":{"type":"long"},"ia":{"type":"long"},"ito":{"type":"long"},"mir":{"type":"long"},"mvd":{"type":"long"},"mvt":{"type":"long"},"n":{"type":"string"},"own":{"type":"long"},"pdt":{"type":"long"},"sav":{"type":"string"},"td":{"type":"long"}}}}_
>
> If just search for all id's for that type, I do see the entry:
>
> _curl [http://localhost:9200/myindex/feedback/\_search?pretty=true](http://localhost:9200/myindex/feedback/_search?pretty=true)
> [http://localhost:9200/myindex/feedback/\_search?pretty=true](http://localhost:9200/myindex/feedback/_search?pretty=true) -d '_
>
> \*{ \*
>
> - "query" : { \*
>
> -
>
> ```
> "match_all" : {} *
>
> ```
>
> - },\*
>
> - "fields": \*
>
> _}_
>
> _'_
>
> _{_
>
> - "took" : 13,\*
>
> - "timed\_out" : false,\*
>
> - "\_shards" : {\*
>
> - "total" : 5,\*
>
> - "successful" : 5,\*
>
> - "failed" : 0\*
>
> - },\*
>
> - "hits" : {\*
>
> - "total" : 3,\*
>
> - "max\_score" : 1.0,\*
>
> - "hits" : [ {\*
>
> -
>
> ```
> "_index" : "myindex",*
>
> ```
>
> -
>
> ```
> "_type" : "feedback",*
>
> ```
>
> -
>
> ```
> "_id" : "1_3858",*
>
> ```
>
> -
>
> ```
> "_score" : 1.0*
>
> ```
>
> - }, {\*
>
> -
>
> ```
> "_index" : "myindex",*
>
> ```
>
> -
>
> ```
> "_type" : "feedback",*
>
> ```
>
> -
>
> ```
> "_id" : "1_3859",*
>
> ```
>
> -
>
> ```
> "_score" : 1.0*
>
> ```
>
> - }, {\*
>
> -
>
> ```
> "_index" : "myindex",*
>
> ```
>
> -
>
> ```
> "_type" : "feedback",*
>
> ```
>
> -
>
> ```
> "_id" : "3860",*
>
> ```
>
> -
>
> ```
> "_score" : 1.0*
>
> ```
>
> - } ]\*
>
> - }\*
>
> _}_
>
> Could someone tell me what I could be missing? This is version 0.90
>
> Many thanks,
> Ed
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### Author:  [@echin1999\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/echin1999_2)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2014, 7:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-parent-attribute-for-child-document-with-java-api/17118/3 "2014-04-22T19:34:42Z")
ok. even though i don't see the "\_parent" in the result after doing the
curl request for the document, the parent mapping does indeed exist, as i
was able to run a query with the has\_parent - and it returned appropriately
the correct children. So.. is it normal that the "\_parent" doesn't come
back in the document requested?
thanks!
On Monday, April 21, 2014 11:59:07 PM UTC-4, echin1999 wrote:
> Hi. I am having trouble trying to set the parent attribute for a child
> document and was wondering if someone could suggest to me what i'm doing
> wrong.
>
> I have a type called "feedback" which I want to assign a parent attribute
>
> - i want "feedback" to be a child of "content" - so i do the following:
>
> _curl -XPUT [http://localhost:9200/myindex/feedback/\_mapping](http://localhost:9200/myindex/feedback/_mapping)
> [http://localhost:9200/myindex/feedback/\_mapping](http://localhost:9200/myindex/feedback/_mapping) -d '_
>
> _{_
>
> _"feedback" : {_
>
> -
>
> ```
> "_parent" : {*
>
> ```
>
> -
>
> ```
> "type" : "content"*
>
> ```
>
> -
>
> ```
> }*
>
> ```
>
> -
>
> ```
> }*
>
> ```
>
> _}_'
>
> My java code to insert a document of type "feedback" look like this:
>
> _IndexResponse response = \_client.prepareIndex(INDEX, TYPE\_FEEDBACK,
> feedback.getFeedbackId()).setParent(""+feedback.getContentId()).setSource(feedbackJSON.toString())
> .execute().actionGet();_
>
> I got back the response fine - and the response had the correct index,
> type, and id.
>
> However, If i try to fetch what i just inserted:
>
> _curl -XGET [http://localhost:9200/myindex/feedback/${1}?pretty=true](http://localhost:9200/myindex/feedback/$%7B1%7D?pretty=true)
> [http://localhost:9200/myindex/feedback/${1}?pretty=true](http://localhost:9200/myindex/feedback/$%7B1%7D?pretty=true)_
>
> I get nothing:
>
> _{_
>
> - "\_index" : "myindex",\*
>
> - "\_type" : "feedback",\*
>
> - "\_id" : "3860",\*
>
> - "exists" : false\*
>
> _}_
>
> If I examine the mapping, I _think_ it looks ok:
>
> _curl -XGET [http://localhost:9200/myindex/feedback/\_mapping](http://localhost:9200/myindex/feedback/_mapping)
> [http://localhost:9200/myindex/feedback/\_mapping](http://localhost:9200/myindex/feedback/_mapping)_
>
> _{"feedback":{"\_parent":{"type":"content"},"\_routing":{"required":true},"properties":{"cid":{"type":"long"},"cmi":{"type":"long"},"cp":{"type":"long"},"ct":{"type":"long"},"cwn":{"type":"long"},"dur":{"type":"long"},"fee":{"type":"long"},"ia":{"type":"long"},"ito":{"type":"long"},"mir":{"type":"long"},"mvd":{"type":"long"},"mvt":{"type":"long"},"n":{"type":"string"},"own":{"type":"long"},"pdt":{"type":"long"},"sav":{"type":"string"},"td":{"type":"long"}}}}_
>
> If just search for all id's for that type, I do see the entry:
>
> _curl [http://localhost:9200/myindex/feedback/\_search?pretty=true](http://localhost:9200/myindex/feedback/_search?pretty=true)
> [http://localhost:9200/myindex/feedback/\_search?pretty=true](http://localhost:9200/myindex/feedback/_search?pretty=true) -d '_
>
> \*{ \*
>
> - "query" : { \*
>
> -
>
> ```
> "match_all" : {} *
>
> ```
>
> - },\*
>
> - "fields": \*
>
> _}_
>
> _'_
>
> _{_
>
> - "took" : 13,\*
>
> - "timed\_out" : false,\*
>
> - "\_shards" : {\*
>
> - "total" : 5,\*
>
> - "successful" : 5,\*
>
> - "failed" : 0\*
>
> - },\*
>
> - "hits" : {\*
>
> - "total" : 3,\*
>
> - "max\_score" : 1.0,\*
>
> - "hits" : [ {\*
>
> -
>
> ```
> "_index" : "myindex",*
>
> ```
>
> -
>
> ```
> "_type" : "feedback",*
>
> ```
>
> -
>
> ```
> "_id" : "1_3858",*
>
> ```
>
> -
>
> ```
> "_score" : 1.0*
>
> ```
>
> - }, {\*
>
> -
>
> ```
> "_index" : "myindex",*
>
> ```
>
> -
>
> ```
> "_type" : "feedback",*
>
> ```
>
> -
>
> ```
> "_id" : "1_3859",*
>
> ```
>
> -
>
> ```
> "_score" : 1.0*
>
> ```
>
> - }, {\*
>
> -
>
> ```
> "_index" : "myindex",*
>
> ```
>
> -
>
> ```
> "_type" : "feedback",*
>
> ```
>
> -
>
> ```
> "_id" : "3860",*
>
> ```
>
> -
>
> ```
> "_score" : 1.0*
>
> ```
>
> - } ]\*
>
> - }\*
>
> _}_
>
> Could someone tell me what I could be missing? This is version 0.90
>
> Many thanks,
> Ed
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 1:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-parent-attribute-for-child-document-with-java-api/17118/4 "2017-07-06T01:34:16Z")