Simplest ES creation

gistfile1.txt

# start...
$ bin/elasticsearch

# ... with nothing
$ curl -XDELETE localhost:9200
{"ok":true,"acknowledged":true}

# index document
$ curl -XPUT http://localhost:9200/index1/type1/id1 -d '{"title": "foo", "tags": ["bar", "baz"]}'
{"ok":true,"_index":"index1","_type":"type1","_id":"id1","_version":1}

# get the document
$ curl -XGET http://localhost:9200/index1/type1/id1
{"_index":"index1","_type":"type1","_id":"id1","_version":1,"exists":true, "_source" : {"title": "foo", "tags": ["bar", "baz"]}}

# search the document
$ curl http://localhost:9200/index1/type1/_search?q=foo
{"took":43,"timed_out":false,"_shards":{"total":5,"successful":5,"failed":0},"hits":{"total":1,"max_score":0.15342641,"hits":[{"_index":"index1","_type":"type1","_id":"id1","_score":0.15342641, "_source" : {"title": "foo", "tags": ["bar", "baz"]}}]}}

# pretty search
$ curl -s http://localhost:9200/index1/type1/_search?q=foo | python -mjson.tool
{
    "_shards": {
        "failed": 0, 
        "successful": 5, 
        "total": 5
    }, 
    "hits": {
        "hits": [
            {
                "_id": "id1", 
                "_index": "index1", 
                "_score": 0.15342641, 
                "_source": {
                    "tags": [
                        "bar", 
                        "baz"
                    ], 
                    "title": "foo"
                }, 
                "_type": "type1"
            }
        ], 
        "max_score": 0.15342641, 
        "total": 1
    }, 
    "timed_out": false, 
    "took": 11
}

# or prettify via ES
$ curl 'http://localhost:9200/index1/type1/_search?q=foo&pretty'
{
  "took" : 4,
  "timed_out" : false,
  "_shards" : {
    "total" : 5,
    "successful" : 5,
    "failed" : 0
  },
  "hits" : {
    "total" : 1,
    "max_score" : 0.15342641,
    "hits" : [ {
      "_index" : "index1",
      "_type" : "type1",
      "_id" : "id1",
      "_score" : 0.15342641, "_source" : {"title": "foo", "tags": ["bar", "baz"]}
    } ]
  }
}