Putting a mapping in an index
In the previous chapter, we learned how to build mappings by indexing documents. In this recipe, you will learn how to put a type mapping in an index. This kind of operation can be considered as the Elasticsearch version of an SQL-created table.
Getting ready
You will need an up-and-running Elasticsearch installation, as we described in the Downloading and installing Elasticsearch recipe of Chapter 1, Getting Started.
To execute the commands in this recipe, you can use any HTTP client, such as curl (https://curl.haxx.se/), Postman (https://www.getpostman.com/), or others. I suggest using the Kibana console as it provides code completion and better character escaping for Elasticsearch.
To execute the following commands correctly, you will need the index we created in the Creating an index recipe.
How to do it...
The HTTP method for putting a mapping in an index is PUT (POST also works).
The URL format for putting a mapping in an index...
