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random-forest-cat
random-forest-cat

Reputation: 35914

Return document on update elasticsearch

Lets say I'm updating user data

curl -XPOST 'localhost:9200/test/type1/1/_update' -d '{
    "doc" : {
        "name" : "new_name"
    },
    "fields": ["_source"]
}'

Heres an example of what I'm getting back when I perform an update

{
  "_index" : "test",
  "_type" : "type1",
  "_id" : "1",
  "_version" : 4
}

How do I perform an update that returns the given document post update?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2775

Answers (1)

John Petrone
John Petrone

Reputation: 27497

The documentation is a little misleading with regards to returning fields when performing an Elasticsearch update. It actually uses the same approach that the Index api uses, passing the parameter on the url, not as a field in the update.

In your case you would submit:

curl -XPOST 'localhost:9200/test/type1/1/_update?fields=_source' -d '{
    "doc" : {
        "name" : "new_name"
    }
}'

In my testing in Elasticsearch 1.2.1 it returns something like this:

{
  "_index":"test",
  "_type":"testtype",
  "_id":"1","_version":9,
  "get": {
    "found":true,
    "_source": {
        "user":"john",
        "body":"testing update and return fields",
        "name":"new_name"
      }
   }
}

http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/docs-index_.html http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/docs-update.html

Upvotes: 3

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