Unable to index a json string (array of json objects) to elastic search

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I have an array of objects in the form of a single json string something like

"[{"id": 1, "name":"test"}, {"id": 2, "name":"test2"}]"

I want to be able to bulk index this json string directly to elastic search without having to deserialize it into a model since the usual client.IndexMany() takes in an IEnumerable as parameter.

var response = client.Bulk<StringResponse>("indexname", jsonString);

I am getting a 400 response on trying to do the above.

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You can't do that.

You must index individual documents.

Note that the Bulk API is expecting aother format with header and body. See

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Assume i am successfully using the above format , can i still send a json string to the Bulk api or the IndexMany() method ?? Did you mean passing a json string works only for a single document at a time ?

Or do i have to first convert the json string (right format) i have to an IEnumerable<object> and then pass it something like this -

IEnumerable<object> objsToIndex = something;
var response= client.Bulk("indexname", PostData.MultiJson(objsToIndex));

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You need to convert it to something elasticsearch can understand. I don't know the method you mentioned.

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Can you please share an example of what conversion you are referring to.

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also, are you aware if can we use Elasticsearch.Net or NEST to interact with aws managed elastic search instance ?

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That might work but we can't support you here as it's not official.

BTW did you look at Cloud by Elastic, also available if needed from AWS Marketplace ?

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Not an array but something which is described in the bulk api link I shared.

I don't know what are the other options for .net though.

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