createOrReplace #

Creates a new document in the persistent data storage, or replaces its content if it already exists.

Query Syntax #

HTTP #

URL: http://kuzzle:7512/<index>/<collection>/<documentId>[?refresh=wait_for][&silent]
Method: PUT
Body:

{
  // Document content
}

Other protocols #

{
  "index": "<index>",
  "collection": "<collection>",
  "controller": "document",
  "action": "createOrReplace",
  "_id": "<documentId>",
  "body": {
    // document content
  }
}

Kourou #

kourou document:createOrReplace <index> <collection> <id> <body>
kourou document:createOrReplace <index> <collection> <body> -a silent=true

Arguments #

collection: collection name
_id: unique identifier of the document to create or replace
index: index name

Optional: #

refresh: if set to wait_for, Kuzzle will not respond until the created/replaced document is indexed
silent: if set, then Kuzzle will not generate notifications
Available since 2.9.2

Body properties #

New document content.

Response #

Returns an object with the following properties:

_id: created document unique identifier
_source: document content
_version: version of the created document
created: a boolean telling if a new document has been created

{
  "status": 200,
  "error": null,
  "index": "<index>",
  "collection": "<collection>",
  "controller": "document",
  "action": "createOrReplace",
  "requestId": "<unique request identifier>",
  "result": {
    "_id": "<documentId>",
    "_source": {
      // document content
    },
    "_version": 1,
    "created": true
  }
}

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