The JSON file is used by the curl command, so in your example it should be in the same directory in which you executed the command (current directory).
-- Ivan On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 6:00 PM, ZenMaster80 <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am just starting with ElasticSearch, I would like to know how to index a > simple json document "books.json" that has the following in it: Where do I > place the document? I placed it in root directory of elastic search and in > /bin folder.. > > {“books”:[{“name”:”life in heaven”,”author”:”Mike Smith”},{“name”:”get > rich”,”author”:”Joe Shmoe”},{“name”:”luxury properties”,”author”:”Linda > Jones”]}} > > > $ curl -XPUT "http://localhost:9200/books/book/1"; -d @books.json > > Warning: Couldn't read data from file "books.json", this makes an empty > POST. > > {"error":"MapperParsingException[failed to parse, document is > empty]","status":400} > > > Thanks > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/a5c1e37f-9472-499c-9499-1475c944f47b%40googlegroups.com > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CALY%3DcQDg%3Du3HfBvKnQrCy6XEJ6knyrvx042j8kn7YZmMz96FhA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
