You have a syntax error in your JSON with the unbalanced sequence of
enclosing squigglies & bracket. Compare the two ends.
Tom
On Tuesday, January 7, 2014 7:00:33 PM UTC-7, sammy 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
>
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