Putting a mapping in an index

In the previous chapter, we saw how to build a mapping for our data. This recipe shows how to put a type in an index. This kind of operation can be considered as the ElasticSearch version of an SQL create table command.

Getting ready

You need a working ElasticSearch cluster and the index created in the Creating an index recipe.

How to do it...

The HTTP method to put a mapping is PUT (POST also works).

The URL format for putting a mapping is as follows:

http://<server>/<index_name>/<type_name>/_mapping

For putting a mapping in an index, we need to perform the following steps:

1. If we consider the type order of the previous chapter, the call will be as follows:

   curl -XPUT 'http://localhost:9200/myindex/order/_mapping' -d '{
       "order" : {
           "properties" : {
               "id" : {"type" : "string", "store" : "yes" , "index":"not_analyzed"},
               "date" : {"type" : "date", "store" : "no" , "index":"not_analyzed"},
               "customer_id"...