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user3595955
user3595955

Reputation: 1

Elasticsearch Attachement type not working

I am using Windows and REST API and have installed the attachment plugin, restarted elasticsearch and created the attachment property for a particular type in _mapping. However, I am getting an error:

I executed this:(NOT WORKING)

{
http://localhost:9200/documentsx/person/1(post)
}



{
    "my_attachment" : {
        "_content_type" : "application/pdf",
        "_name" : "/sap1.pdf",
        "content" : "... base64 encoded attachment ..."
    }
}

I am getting this error: :

{
  "error": "MapperParsingException[failed to parse]; nested: JsonParseException[Failed to decode VALUE_STRING as base64 (MIME-NO-LINEFEEDS): Illegal white space character (code 0x20) as character #3 of 4-char base64 unit: can only used between units\n at [Source: [B@16dd7aa; line: 5, column: 29]]; ",
  "status": 400
}

BTW if I remove the file or put some random filename above in _name it gives the same error, I think it is not reading the file itself. Where i am going wrong?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 674

Answers (1)

zorbathegeek
zorbathegeek

Reputation: 88

To get rid of this error, the value of the "content" attribute needs to be a base64 encoded string. You need to read the contents of the file and convert it to a base64 encoded string and place that string in place of "... base64 encoded attachment ..." above.

Upvotes: 2

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