Using explicit mapping creation

If we consider the index as a database in the SQL world, mapping is similar to the table definition.

Elasticsearch is able to understand the structure of the document that you are indexing (reflection) and create the mapping definition automatically (explicit mapping creation).

Getting ready

To execute the code in this recipe, you need an up-and-running Elasticsearch installation, as described in the Downloading and installing Elasticsearch recipe in Chapter 1, Getting Started.

To execute these commands, any HTTP client can be used, such as curl (https://curl.haxx.se/), postman (https://www.getpostman.com/), or other similar platforms. I suggest using the Kibana console to provide...