how insert data to Elasticsearch without id - elasticsearch

Question

I insert data to Elasticsearch with id 123
localhost:9200/index/type/123
but I do not know what will next id inserted
how insert data to Elasticsearch without id in localhost:9200/index/type?

Answer 1

The index operation can be executed without specifying the id. In such a case, an id will be generated automatically. In addition, the op_type will automatically be set to create. Here is an example (note the POST used instead of PUT):
$ curl -XPOST 'http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/' -d '{
"user" : "kimchy",
"post_date" : "2009-11-15T14:12:12",
"message" : "trying out Elasticsearch"
}'

Answer 2

In my case, using nodejs and the elasticsearch package I did it this way using the client:
client.index ()
var elasticsearch = require ('elasticsearch');
let client = new elasticsearch.Client ({
host: '127.0.0.1: 9200'
});
client.index ({
index: 'myindex'
type: 'mytype',
body: {
properti1: 'val 1',
properti2: ['y', 'z'],
properti3: true,
}
}, function (error, response) {
if (error) {
console.log("error: ", error);
} else {
console.log("response: ", response);
}
});
if an id is not specified, elasticsearch will generate one automatically

Answer 3

In my case, I was trying to add a document directly to an index, e.g. localhost:9200/messages, as opposed to localhost:9200/someIndex/messages.
I had to append /_doc to the URL for my POST to succeed: localhost:9200/messages/_doc. Otherwise, I was getting an HTTP 405:
{"error":"Incorrect HTTP method for uri [/messages] and method [POST], allowed: [GET, PUT, HEAD, DELETE]","status":405}
Here's my full cURL request:
$ curl -X POST "localhost:9200/messages/_doc" -H 'Content-Type:
application/json' -d'
{
"user": "Jimmy Doe",
"text": "Actually, my only brother!",
"timestamp": "something"
}
'
{"_index":"messages","_type":"_doc","_id":"AIRF8GYBjAnm5hquWm61","_version":1,"result":"created","_shards":{"total":2,"successful":1,"failed":0},"_seq_no":2,"_primary_term":3}

Answer 4

You can use POST request to create a new document or data object without specifying id property in the path.
curl -XPOST 'http://localhost:9200/stackoverflow/question' -d '
{
title: "How to insert data to elasticsearch without id in the path?"
}

Answer 5

If our data doesn’t have a natural ID, we can let Elasticsearch autogenerate one for us. The structure of the request changes: instead of using the PUT verb ("store this document at this URL"), we use the POST verb ("store this document under this URL").
The URL now contains just the _index and the _type:
curl -X POST "localhost:9200/website/blog/" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d'
{
"title": "My second blog entry",
"text": "Still trying this out...",
"date": "2014/01/01"
}
'
The response is similar to what we saw before, except that the _id field has been generated for us:
{
"_index": "website",
"_type": "blog",
"_id": "AVFgSgVHUP18jI2wRx0w",
"_version": 1,
"created": true
}
Autogenerated IDs are 20 character long, URL-safe, Base64-encoded GUID strings. These GUIDs are generated from a modified FlakeID scheme which allows multiple nodes to be generating unique IDs in parallel with essentially zero chance of collision.
https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/index-doc.html

Answer 6

It's possible to leave the ID field blank and elasticsearch will assign it one. For example a _bulk insert will look like
{"create":{"_index":"products","_type":"product"}}\n
{JSON document 1}\n
{"create":{"_index":"products","_type":"product"}}\n
{JSON document 2}\n
{"create":{"_index":"products","_type":"product"}}\n
{JSON document 3}\n
...and so on
The IDs will look something like 'AUvGyJMOOA8IPUB04vbF'