unexpected EOF while looking for matching `"'

Question

I am using XPUT command in ElasticSearch and writing the correct command but getting same error again and again.

My code:

curl -XPUT 127.0.0.1:9200/movies -d '
{
        "mappings": {
                "properties": {
                        "year": {
                                "type": "date"
                        }
                }
        }
}'

And error is :

unexpected EOF while looking for matching `"'

I am following course on udemy and the instructor is writing the same command and getting the work done.

Answer 1

Try like this:

curl -XPUT "http://localhost:9200/movies" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d'
{
  "mappings": {
    "properties": {
      "year": {
        "type": "date"
      }
    }
  }
}'

Note: Use https and -k flag in the curl request if Elasticsearch http layer security is enabled.

If you have kibana you can run like the following:

PUT movies
{
  "mappings": {
    "properties": {
      "year": {
        "type": "date"
      }
    }
  }
}