Writing updateMapping method() - odd error returned by ES

[Kendra_Kuivenhoven]

Hi all,

I'm trying to write a method where I can update the mapping of an ElasticSearch index directly from visual studio. I have the mappings stored in json files in my project on visual studio. I import whatever particular mapping I need to update and attempt to post it via a C# curl method. In my method I'm also creating a new index with my new mapping. Upon attempting to create a new index with the new mapping, this error is returned: "{\n "error" : {\n "root_cause" : [\n {\n "type" : "class_cast_exception",\n "reason" : "java.lang.String cannot be cast to java.util.Map"\n }\n ],\n "type" : "class_cast_exception",\n "reason" : "java.lang.String cannot be cast to java.util.Map"\n },\n "status" : 500\n}\n"

This is not that descriptive of an error so I am not really sure where to look for the problem that is causing this error message to be returned. Any insight would be much appreciated!

[polyfractal (Zachary Tong)]

Can you paste the mapping you are trying to use? It sounds like you supplied a string in a location that ES was expecting a JSON object (which is basically a map, hence the error)

[Kendra_Kuivenhoven]

Hi Zachary,

You are correct. I fixed it by moving the string and putting a JSON object there. Thank you though!