ElasticSearch bulk insert/update operation

Question

I am not sure if I am using correctly the upsert operation in bulk indexing.

My request is:

{ \"update\": {\"_id\": \"610946100\"}}\\n
{\"do         


        

Answer 1

If you add records in the index via the bulk API as

{ "create": {"_id": "someId"}}\n
{"id":"someId","uri":"/0/1/3/2/1/0511912310/511912310.xml"}\n

then if the id already exists in the index you will get an exception. If you want to either add or replace a document (depending on whether it exists or not), you should do the request as

{ "index": {"_id": "someId"}}\n
{"id":"someId","uri":"/0/1/3/2/1/0511912310/511912310.xml"}\n

create will fail if a document with the same index and type exists already, whereas index will add or replace a document as necessary

https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/docs-bulk.html version 5.3