# Strict mappings

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/strict-mappings/72229>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 19, 2017, 9:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/strict-mappings/72229 "2017-01-19T21:45:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![paul.mctigue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/97f17d/32.png) [@paul.mctigue](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/paul.mctigue)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 9:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/strict-mappings/72229/1 "2017-01-19T21:45:59Z")

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is it possible to reject a post to index/mapping where the document doesn't strictly conform to the mappings?

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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:** [January 20, 2017, 7:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/strict-mappings/72229/2 "2017-01-20T07:54:34Z")

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Yes. Look at `strict` on that page:

[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.1/dynamic.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.1/dynamic.html)

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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:** [February 17, 2017, 7:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/strict-mappings/72229/3 "2017-02-17T07:54:37Z")

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