Mapping for a elastic search with multiple types

Question

I am trying to create one index with multiple types for each data source.

The following mapping does create mapping for one type:

curl -XPUT localhost:9200/test -d '{
    "settings" : {
        "number_of_shards" : 1
    },
    "mappings" : {
        "type1" : {
            "_source" : { "enabled" : false },
            "properties" : {
                "field1" : { "type" : "string", "index" : "not_analyzed" }
            }
        }
    },
    "mappings" : {
        "type2" : {
            "_source" : { "enabled" : false },
            "properties" : {
                "source1" : { "type" : "string", "index" : "not_analyzed" }
            }
        }
    }
}'

When I run this:

curl -X GET 'http://localhost:9200/test/tpe1/_mapping?pretty=true'

Nothing is displayed.

How can I create mapping for multiple types in elastic search?

jhilden jhilden · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-27T00:04:41

While there is probably a way to do this in a single call, it's just as easy to do it in multiple calls which keeps things more separate.

PUT hilden1

PUT hilden1/type1/_mapping
{
  "properties": {
    "value1": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  }
}

PUT hilden1/type2/_mapping
{
  "properties": {
    "value2": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  }
}


GET hilden1/_mapping

Setting the mapping on 2 calls also has the added benefit of not affecting a 3rd type within the same index.

Mapping for a elastic search with multiple types

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