# Unable to create document within an index **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [October 26, 2017, 12:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-document-within-an-index/105314 "2017-10-26T00:06:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Aisha1990](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Aisha1990](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Aisha1990)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 12:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-document-within-an-index/105314/1 "2017-10-26T00:06:43Z")
I am using command prompt on Windows 10 and trying to create a document in an index however, getting an error. Tried double quotes and single quotes however, still getting the same error. Kindly assist. curl -XPUT "[http://localhost:9200/products/mobiles/1](http://localhost:9200/products/mobiles/1)" -d" { ""name"":""iPhone7"", ""camera"":""12MP"", "year": 1972 }" error":{"root\_cause":[{"type":"mapper\_parsing\_exception","reason":"failed to parse"}],"type":"mapper\_parsing\_exception","reason":"failed to parse","caused\_by":{"type":"json\_e\_o\_f\_exception","reason":"Unexpected end-of-input in field name\n at [Source: org.elasticsearch.common.bytes.BytesReference$MarkSupportingStreamInputWrapper@26151b7a; line: 1, column: 355]"}},"status":400}curl: (3) Port number ended with 'M' curl: (6) Could not resolve host: year curl: (6) Could not resolve host: 1972 curl: (3) [globbing] unmatched close brace/bracket in column 1 ---
**Author:** ![Canappeco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@Canappeco](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Canappeco)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 3:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-document-within-an-index/105314/2 "2017-10-26T03:07:45Z")
Why you use `""name""`? You should try this: ```auto curl -XPUT "http://localhost:9200/products/mobiles/1" -d' { "name": "iPhone7", "camera": "12MP", "year": 1972 }' ``` Hope it helps. ---
**Author:** ![Aisha1990](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Aisha1990](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Aisha1990)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 8:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-document-within-an-index/105314/3 "2017-10-26T20:46:36Z")
I tried that too. However, I get the below error - curl -XPUT "[http://localhost:9200/products/mobiles/1](http://localhost:9200/products/mobiles/1)" -d' { "name": "iPhone7", "camera": "12MP", "year": 1972 }' {"error":"Content-Type header [application/x-www-form-urlencoded] is not supported","status":406}curl: (3) [globbing] unmatched brace in column 1 curl: (6) Could not resolve host: name curl: (6) Could not resolve host: iPhone7, curl: (6) Could not resolve host: camera curl: (6) Could not resolve host: 12MP, curl: (6) Could not resolve host: year curl: (6) Could not resolve host: 1972 curl: (3) [globbing] unmatched close brace/bracket in column 1 Kindly help. Unable to understand the issue. ---
**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:** [October 26, 2017, 9:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-document-within-an-index/105314/4 "2017-10-26T21:09:50Z")
You need to specify the content type. See basic examples at > ---
**Author:** ![Aisha1990](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Aisha1990](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Aisha1990)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 5:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-document-within-an-index/105314/5 "2017-10-27T05:31:46Z")
I tried with content-type. I am still getting error for both cases (with single quotes & with double quotes). I am missing some information for sure. ## Case 1(With single quotes) curl -XPUT '[http://localhost:9200/products/mobiles/1](http://localhost:9200/products/mobiles/1)' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d "{"name": "iPhone7", "camera": "12MP", "storage": "256GB", "display": "4.7inch", "battery": "1,960mAh", "reviews": ["Incredibly happy after having used it for one week", "Best iPhone so far", "Very expensive, stick to Android"]}" curl: (1) Protocol "'http" not supported or disabled in libcurl curl: (6) Could not resolve host: application curl: (3) [globbing] bad range specification in column 106 ## Case 2 (With double quotes, with escape sequence) curl -XPUT "[http://localhost:9200/products/mobiles/1](http://localhost:9200/products/mobiles/1)" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "{"name": "iPhone7", "camera": "12MP", "storage": "256GB", "display": "4.7inch", "battery": "1,960mAh", "reviews": ["Incredibly happy after having used it for one week", "Best iPhone so far", "Very expensive, stick to Android"]}" {"error":{"root\_cause":[{"type":"mapper\_parsing\_exception","reason":"failed to parse"}],"type":"mapper\_parsing\_exception","reason":"failed to parse","caused\_by":{"type":"json\_e\_o\_f\_exception","reason":"Unexpected end-of-input in field name\n at [Source: org.elasticsearch.common.bytes.BytesReference$MarkSupportingStreamInputWrapper@33fb2031; line: 1, column: 15]"}},"status":400}curl: (3) [globbing] bad range specification in column 106 ## Case 3 (With double quotes without " \ " - backslash escape sequence) curl -XPUT "[http://localhost:9200/products/mobiles/1](http://localhost:9200/products/mobiles/1)" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "{"name": "iPhone7","camera": "12MP","storage": "256GB","display": "4.7inch","battery": "1,960mAh","reviews": ["Increadibly happy after having used it for one week", "Best iPhone so far", "Very expensive, stick to Android"] }" {"error":{"root\_cause":[{"type":"mapper\_parsing\_exception","reason":"failed to parse"}],"type":"mapper\_parsing\_exception","reason":"failed to parse","caused\_by":{"type":"json\_parse\_exception","reason":"Unexpected character ('n' (code 110)): was expecting double-quote to start field name\n at [Source: org.elasticsearch.common.bytes.BytesReference$MarkSupportingStreamInputWrapper@7d3f6505; line: 1, column: 3]"}},"status":400}curl: (6) Could not resolve host: happy curl: (6) Could not resolve host: after curl: (6) Could not resolve host: having curl: (6) Could not resolve host: used curl: (6) Could not resolve host: it curl: (6) Could not resolve host: for curl: (6) Could not resolve host: one curl: (6) Could not resolve host: week, Best curl: (6) Could not resolve host: iPhone curl: (6) Could not resolve host: so curl: (6) Could not resolve host: far, Very curl: (6) Could not resolve host: expensive, curl: (6) Could not resolve host: stick curl: (6) Could not resolve host: to curl: (3) [globbing] unmatched close brace/bracket in column 8 Thank you for the replies. It has been helpful. I am new to this so requesting guidance. Thanks again! ---
**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:** [October 27, 2017, 6:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-document-within-an-index/105314/6 "2017-10-27T06:14:47Z")
Use something like -d ‘{ ... JSON ...}’ So simple quotes. (But installing Kibana and using developer console is even better) ---
**Author:** ![Aisha1990](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Aisha1990](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Aisha1990)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2017, 11:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-document-within-an-index/105314/7 "2017-10-28T23:19:34Z")
Hey dadoonet, I think I found the issue, it worked when I used -X POST. It finally created document for me. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2017, 11:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-document-within-an-index/105314/8 "2017-11-25T23:19:44Z")
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