{"id":6149,"date":"2019-07-10T08:08:27","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T08:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/?p=6149"},"modified":"2025-05-04T06:08:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T06:08:21","slug":"elasticsearch-error-content-type-header-application-x-www-form-urlencoded-is-not-supported","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/elasticsearch-error-content-type-header-application-x-www-form-urlencoded-is-not-supported\/","title":{"rendered":"ElasticSearch Error &#8211; Content-Type header [application\/x-www-form-urlencoded] is not supported"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>To fix this, add curl option -H &#8216;Content-Type: application\/json&#8217;. This error is due to strict content-type checking introduced in ElasticSearch 6.0<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-1\" data-shcb-language-name=\"PHP\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"php\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-php\">curl -XPUT <span class=\"hljs-string\">'localhost:9200\/products\/mobiles\/1?pretty'<\/span> -d<span class=\"hljs-string\">'\n{\n  \"name\": \"iPhone 7\",\n  \"camera\": \"12MP\",\n  \"storage\": \"256GB\",\n  \"display\": \"4.7inch\",\n  \"battery\": \"1,960mAh\",\n  \"reviews\": &#91;\"Incredibly happy after having used it for one week\", \"Best iPhone so far\", \"Very expensive, stick to Android\"]\n}\n'<\/span>\nResponse\n{\n  <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"error\"<\/span> : <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Content-Type header &#91;application\/x-www-form-urlencoded] is not supported\"<\/span>,\n  <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"status\"<\/span> : <span class=\"hljs-number\">406<\/span>\n}<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-1\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">PHP<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">php<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p><strong>Solution<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-2\" data-shcb-language-name=\"PHP\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"php\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-php\">curl -XPUT <span class=\"hljs-string\">'localhost:9200\/products\/mobiles\/1?pretty'<\/span> -H <span class=\"hljs-string\">'Content-Type: application\/json'<\/span> -d<span class=\"hljs-string\">'\n{\n  \"name\": \"iPhone 7\",\n  \"camera\": \"12MP\",\n  \"storage\": \"256GB\",\n  \"display\": \"4.7inch\",\n  \"battery\": \"1,960mAh\",\n  \"reviews\": &#91;\"Incredibly happy after having used it for one week\", \"Best iPhone so far\", \"Very expensive, stick to Android\"]\n}\n'<\/span><\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-2\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">PHP<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">php<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To fix this, add curl option -H &#8216;Content-Type: application\/json&#8217;. 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