# Validation failed because of missing type with hl rest client bulk API
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/validation-failed-because-of-missing-type-with-hl-rest-client-bulk-api/196060
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [August 21, 2019, 8:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/validation-failed-because-of-missing-type-with-hl-rest-client-bulk-api/196060 "2019-08-21T08:05:44Z")
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### Author:  [@zhaozeyang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zhaozeyang)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2019, 8:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/validation-failed-because-of-missing-type-with-hl-rest-client-bulk-api/196060/1 "2019-08-21T08:05:45Z")
hello :
this is my code:
```
BulkRequest request = new BulkRequest();
for (DataInfo dataInfo : dataInfos) {
String index = getCurrentIndex(dataInfo.getIndexPrefix());
String id = dataInfo.getId();
IndexRequest indexRequest = new IndexRequest(index).id(id).opType(DocWriteRequest.OpType.CREATE);
String source = GsonEntityMapper.mapToString(dataInfo.getData());
indexRequest.source(source, XContentType.JSON);
request.add(indexRequest);
}
client.bulk(request, RequestOptions.DEFAULT);
```
The return value is ‘ type is missing ’ when I execute it；
i want know what‘s the problem whit the code
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### Author:  [@HenningAndersen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/HenningAndersen)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2019, 8:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/validation-failed-because-of-missing-type-with-hl-rest-client-bulk-api/196060/2 "2019-08-21T08:29:44Z")
Hi @zhaozeyang,
which version of ES and the high level rest client are you using? If before 7, you need to specify a type for your index request too. To avoid changing this later on, I recommend using the type '\_doc'. See: [https://www.elastic.co/blog/moving-from-types-to-typeless-apis-in-elasticsearch-7-0](https://www.elastic.co/blog/moving-from-types-to-typeless-apis-in-elasticsearch-7-0) for more info on types removal.
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### Author:  [@zhaozeyang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zhaozeyang)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2019, 9:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/validation-failed-because-of-missing-type-with-hl-rest-client-bulk-api/196060/3 "2019-08-21T09:21:35Z")
The version of client is 7.3.0 ; The version of es is 6.8.0
Is the es version is too low？
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### Author:  [@HenningAndersen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/HenningAndersen)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2019, 12:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/validation-failed-because-of-missing-type-with-hl-rest-client-bulk-api/196060/4 "2019-08-22T12:47:18Z")
Hi @zhaozeyang,
It is not recommended to use such a combination, see: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/java-rest/7.3/java-rest-high-compatibility.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/java-rest/7.3/java-rest-high-compatibility.html)
But I think the problem would be solved by specifying the type in the request, also with the current combination of client and ES.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2019, 12:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/validation-failed-because-of-missing-type-with-hl-rest-client-bulk-api/196060/5 "2019-09-19T12:47:20Z")
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