# Updating data in elasticsearch from urllib2 (Python) **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [April 8, 2014, 9:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/updating-data-in-elasticsearch-from-urllib2-python/16869 "2014-04-08T09:11:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Josep\_Floriach\_Vento](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@Josep\_Floriach\_Vento](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Josep_Floriach_Vento)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 9:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/updating-data-in-elasticsearch-from-urllib2-python/16869/1 "2014-04-08T09:11:06Z")
Hi everyone, I'm trying to do a simple update. With curl simply I put following command in console. curl -XPOST [http://localhost:9200/peticiones-2014.04.08/logs/pJ\_T-Lt1QW6u3luxVrI\_ZQ/\_update](http://localhost:9200/peticiones-2014.04.08/logs/pJ_T-Lt1QW6u3luxVrI_ZQ/_update) -d '{"doc": { "Parametros" : "PruebaParametros"}}'{'doc': '{ Parametros : PruebaParametros}'} And it works perfectly. The problem is that I want do exactly the same thing in a script, with urllib2 in Python. My code is: ``` values = { "doc" : "{ Parametros : PruebaParametros }" } ``` postData = urllib.urlencode(values) req = urllib2.Request(query, postData) response = urllib2.urlopen(req) Query is "[http://localhost:9200/peticiones-2014.04.08/logs/pJ\_T-Lt1QW6u3luxVrI\_ZQ/\_update](http://localhost:9200/peticiones-2014.04.08/logs/pJ_T-Lt1QW6u3luxVrI_ZQ/_update)". But I'm getting the following error: "urllib2.HTTPError: HTTP Error 500: Internal Server Error" What am I doing wrong? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/00c788f1-ebac-4904-a12d-1db32fd47c85%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/00c788f1-ebac-4904-a12d-1db32fd47c85%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Honza\_Kral](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/honza_kral/32/876_2.png) [@Honza\_Kral](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Honza_Kral)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 9:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/updating-data-in-elasticsearch-from-urllib2-python/16869/2 "2014-04-08T09:20:31Z")
Hello Josep, you need to send the data as json, not as urlencoded, so: values = { "doc" : "{ Parametros : PruebaParametros }" } postData = json.dumps(values) req = urllib2.Request(query, postData) response = urllib2.urlopen(req) but unless you have very specific requirements I'd strongly suggest you use the official python client - [http://elasticsearch-py.rtfd.org](http://elasticsearch-py.rtfd.org) Hope this helps, Honza On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 2:11 AM, Josep Floriach Ventosinos [josep.floriach.ventosinos@gmail.com](mailto:josep.floriach.ventosinos@gmail.com) wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm trying to do a simple update. With curl simply I put following command > in console. > > curl -XPOST > [http://localhost:9200/peticiones-2014.04.08/logs/pJ\_T-Lt1QW6u3luxVrI\_ZQ/\_update](http://localhost:9200/peticiones-2014.04.08/logs/pJ_T-Lt1QW6u3luxVrI_ZQ/_update) > -d '{"doc": { "Parametros" : "PruebaParametros"}}'{'doc': '{ Parametros : > PruebaParametros}'} > > And it works perfectly. The problem is that I want do exactly the same thing > in a script, with urllib2 in Python. My code is: > > ``` > values = { "doc" : "{ Parametros : PruebaParametros }" } > > ``` > > postData = urllib.urlencode(values) > req = urllib2.Request(query, postData) > response = urllib2.urlopen(req) > > Query is > "[http://localhost:9200/peticiones-2014.04.08/logs/pJ\_T-Lt1QW6u3luxVrI\_ZQ/\_update](http://localhost:9200/peticiones-2014.04.08/logs/pJ_T-Lt1QW6u3luxVrI_ZQ/_update)". > But I'm getting the following error: "urllib2.HTTPError: HTTP Error 500: > Internal Server Error" > > What am I doing wrong? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/00c788f1-ebac-4904-a12d-1db32fd47c85%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/00c788f1-ebac-4904-a12d-1db32fd47c85%40googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CABfdDio4\_BSFi-Hf5AQ\_-iMhkLRQq-jzvqXX7iiPLVaZcp249A%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CABfdDio4_BSFi-Hf5AQ_-iMhkLRQq-jzvqXX7iiPLVaZcp249A%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Josep\_Floriach\_Vento](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@Josep\_Floriach\_Vento](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Josep_Floriach_Vento)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 10:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/updating-data-in-elasticsearch-from-urllib2-python/16869/3 "2014-04-08T10:36:35Z")
That was so helpful! Thanks! However, my index is not being updated... I'm gonna try Python elasticsearch client... Thanks again! On Tuesday, April 8, 2014 11:20:31 AM UTC+2, Honza Král wrote: > Hello Josep, > > you need to send the data as json, not as urlencoded, so: > > values = { "doc" : "{ Parametros : PruebaParametros }" } > postData = json.dumps(values) > req = urllib2.Request(query, postData) > response = urllib2.urlopen(req) > > but unless you have very specific requirements I'd strongly suggest > you use the official python client - [http://elasticsearch-py.rtfd.org](http://elasticsearch-py.rtfd.org) > > Hope this helps, > Honza > > On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 2:11 AM, Josep Floriach Ventosinos > \<[josep.floria...@gmail.com](mailto:josep.floria...@gmail.com) \\> wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > > > I'm trying to do a simple update. With curl simply I put following > > command > > in console. > > > > curl -XPOST > > [http://localhost:9200/peticiones-2014.04.08/logs/pJ\_T-Lt1QW6u3luxVrI\_ZQ/\_update](http://localhost:9200/peticiones-2014.04.08/logs/pJ_T-Lt1QW6u3luxVrI_ZQ/_update) > > > -d '{"doc": { "Parametros" : "PruebaParametros"}}'{'doc': '{ Parametros > > : > > PruebaParametros}'} > > > > And it works perfectly. The problem is that I want do exactly the same > > thing > > in a script, with urllib2 in Python. My code is: > > > > ``` > > values = { "doc" : "{ Parametros : PruebaParametros }" } > > > > ``` > > > > postData = urllib.urlencode(values) > > req = urllib2.Request(query, postData) > > response = urllib2.urlopen(req) > > > > Query is > > " > > [http://localhost:9200/peticiones-2014.04.08/logs/pJ\_T-Lt1QW6u3luxVrI\_ZQ/\_update](http://localhost:9200/peticiones-2014.04.08/logs/pJ_T-Lt1QW6u3luxVrI_ZQ/_update)". > > > But I'm getting the following error: "urllib2.HTTPError: HTTP Error 500: > > Internal Server Error" > > > > What am I doing wrong? > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups > > "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > an > > email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com) \. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/00c788f1-ebac-4904-a12d-1db32fd47c85%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/00c788f1-ebac-4904-a12d-1db32fd47c85%40googlegroups.com). > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/090f094c-e7c8-4163-971a-cd3633a48714%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/090f094c-e7c8-4163-971a-cd3633a48714%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![redrubia](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/redrubia/32/1554_2.png) [@redrubia](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/redrubia)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2014, 2:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/updating-data-in-elasticsearch-from-urllib2-python/16869/4 "2014-04-09T02:15:15Z")
Your index may not be updating due to the way you are creating the doc. values = { "doc" : "{ Parametros : PruebaParametros }" } Should be... values = { "doc" : { "Parametros" : "PruebaParametros" } } -\> Notice the change in quotes and where they are being placed -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/de8e51ec-4447-417a-bf8e-375d0a2f31ae%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/de8e51ec-4447-417a-bf8e-375d0a2f31ae%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 1:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/updating-data-in-elasticsearch-from-urllib2-python/16869/5 "2017-07-06T01:37:28Z")