POST: Update part of one document

To update part of one document

• Run this POST command

POST eighties_movies/_update/4
{
  "doc": {
    "title": "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial",
    "released":"June 13, 1982",
    "star" : {"first_name": "Henry", "last_name": "Thomas"}
  }
}

• This updates the document with unique id 4 inside the index named eighties_movies

info

This document with id 4 was added in the POST bulk example earlier

• The title was E.T. and is now E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

• The date was June 23, 1982 and is now June 13, 1982

• star.first_name was Henr and is now Henry

• star.last_name was missing and is now added as Thomas