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create #

Creates a new collection in the provided index.

Available since 1.3.0

You can also provide an optional data mapping that allow you to exploit the full capabilities of our persistent data storage layer, ElasticSearch (check here the mapping capabilities of ElasticSearch).

This method will only update the mapping if the collection already exists.


create([mapping], [options], [callback]) #

Arguments Type Description
mapping JSON Object Optional data mapping
options JSON Object Optional parameters
callback function Optional callback

Options #

Option Type Description Default
queuable boolean Make this request queuable or not true

Return Ralue #

Returns the Collection object to allow chaining.


Callback Response #

Returns a JSON object containing the raw Kuzzle response.

Usage #

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// Optional: a mapping can be provided and will be
// applied when the collection is created
JSONObject mapping = new JSONObject()
  .put("properties", new JSONObject()
    .put("field1", new JSONObject().put("type", "<es field type>"))
    .put("field2", new JSONObject().put("type", "<es field type>"))
  );
kuzzle
  .collection("collection", "index")
  .create(mapping, new ResponseListener<JSONObject>() {
    @Override
    public void onSuccess(JSONObject object) {
      // callback called once the create operation has completed
      // => the result is a JSON object containing the raw Kuzzle response:
      // {
      //    acknowledged: true
      // }
    }
    @Override
    public void onError(JSONObject error) {
      // Handle error
    }
  });

Callback response:

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{
  "status": 200,
  "error": null,
  "requestId": "<request unique identifier>",
  "controller": "collection",
  "action": "create",
  "collection": "<new collection name>",
  "index": "index",
  "volatile": null,
  "result": {
    "acknowledged": true
  }
}