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Mono / MeiliSearch v0.24 / Add or replace documents

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// This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

Chilkat.Http http = new Chilkat.Http();
bool success;

// Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON: Generate Code to Create JSON

// The following JSON is sent in the request body.

// [
//   {
//     "id": 2,
//     "title": "Pride and Prejudice",
//     "author": "Jane Austin",
//     "genre": "romance",
//     "price": 3.5
//   },
//   {
//     "id": 456,
//     "title": "Le Petit Prince",
//     "author": "Antoine de Saint-Exupéry",
//     "genre": "adventure",
//     "price": 10.0
//   },
//   {
//     "id": 1,
//     "title": "Alice In Wonderland",
//     "author": "Lewis Carroll",
//     "genre": "fantasy",
//     "price": 25.99
//   },
//   {
//     "id": 1344,
//     "title": "The Hobbit",
//     "author": "J. R. R. Tolkien",
//     "genre": "fantasy"
//   },
//   {
//     "id": 4,
//     "title": "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince",
//     "author": "J. K. Rowling",
//     "genre": "fantasy"
//   },
//   {
//     "id": 42,
//     "title": "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy",
//     "author": "Douglas Adams"
//   }
// ]

Chilkat.JsonArray jarr = new Chilkat.JsonArray();

jarr.AddObjectAt(-1);
Chilkat.JsonObject jsonObj_1 = jarr.ObjectAt(jarr.Size - 1);
jsonObj_1.UpdateInt("id",2);
jsonObj_1.UpdateString("title","Pride and Prejudice");
jsonObj_1.UpdateString("author","Jane Austin");
jsonObj_1.UpdateString("genre","romance");
jsonObj_1.UpdateNumber("price","3.5");

jarr.AddObjectAt(-1);
jsonObj_1 = jarr.ObjectAt(jarr.Size - 1);
jsonObj_1.UpdateInt("id",456);
jsonObj_1.UpdateString("title","Le Petit Prince");
jsonObj_1.UpdateString("author","Antoine de Saint-Exupéry");
jsonObj_1.UpdateString("genre","adventure");
jsonObj_1.UpdateNumber("price","10.0");

jarr.AddObjectAt(-1);
jsonObj_1 = jarr.ObjectAt(jarr.Size - 1);
jsonObj_1.UpdateInt("id",1);
jsonObj_1.UpdateString("title","Alice In Wonderland");
jsonObj_1.UpdateString("author","Lewis Carroll");
jsonObj_1.UpdateString("genre","fantasy");
jsonObj_1.UpdateNumber("price","25.99");

jarr.AddObjectAt(-1);
jsonObj_1 = jarr.ObjectAt(jarr.Size - 1);
jsonObj_1.UpdateInt("id",1344);
jsonObj_1.UpdateString("title","The Hobbit");
jsonObj_1.UpdateString("author","J. R. R. Tolkien");
jsonObj_1.UpdateString("genre","fantasy");

jarr.AddObjectAt(-1);
jsonObj_1 = jarr.ObjectAt(jarr.Size - 1);
jsonObj_1.UpdateInt("id",4);
jsonObj_1.UpdateString("title","Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince");
jsonObj_1.UpdateString("author","J. K. Rowling");
jsonObj_1.UpdateString("genre","fantasy");

jarr.AddObjectAt(-1);
jsonObj_1 = jarr.ObjectAt(jarr.Size - 1);
jsonObj_1.UpdateInt("id",42);
jsonObj_1.UpdateString("title","The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy");
jsonObj_1.UpdateString("author","Douglas Adams");

http.SetRequestHeader("X-Meili-Api-Key","masterKey");

Chilkat.StringBuilder sbRequestBody = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
jarr.EmitSb(sbRequestBody);

Chilkat.HttpResponse resp = http.PTextSb("POST","http://localhost:7700/indexes/indexUID/documents",sbRequestBody,"utf-8","application/json",false,false);
if (http.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Debug.WriteLine(Convert.ToString(resp.StatusCode));
Debug.WriteLine(resp.BodyStr);

Curl Command

curl -X POST
	-H "X-Meili-Api-Key: masterKey"
	-d '[
  { "id": 2,    "title": "Pride and Prejudice",                    "author": "Jane Austin",              "genre": "romance",    "price": 3.5 },
  { "id": 456,  "title": "Le Petit Prince",                        "author": "Antoine de Saint-Exupéry", "genre": "adventure" , "price": 10.0 },
  { "id": 1,    "title": "Alice In Wonderland",                    "author": "Lewis Carroll",            "genre": "fantasy",    "price": 25.99 },
  { "id": 1344, "title": "The Hobbit",                             "author": "J. R. R. Tolkien",         "genre": "fantasy" },
  { "id": 4,    "title": "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", "author": "J. K. Rowling",            "genre": "fantasy" },
  { "id": 42,   "title": "The Hitchhiker\'s Guide to the Galaxy",   "author": "Douglas Adams" }
]'
http://localhost:7700/indexes/indexUID/documents

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Add or replace documents",
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": "[\n  { \"id\": 2,    \"title\": \"Pride and Prejudice\",                    \"author\": \"Jane Austin\",              \"genre\": \"romance\",    \"price\": 3.5 },\n  { \"id\": 456,  \"title\": \"Le Petit Prince\",                        \"author\": \"Antoine de Saint-Exupéry\", \"genre\": \"adventure\" , \"price\": 10.0 },\n  { \"id\": 1,    \"title\": \"Alice In Wonderland\",                    \"author\": \"Lewis Carroll\",            \"genre\": \"fantasy\",    \"price\": 25.99 },\n  { \"id\": 1344, \"title\": \"The Hobbit\",                             \"author\": \"J. R. R. Tolkien\",         \"genre\": \"fantasy\" },\n  { \"id\": 4,    \"title\": \"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince\", \"author\": \"J. K. Rowling\",            \"genre\": \"fantasy\" },\n  { \"id\": 42,   \"title\": \"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy\",   \"author\": \"Douglas Adams\" }\n]",
      "options": {
        "raw": {
          "language": "json"
        }
      }
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{url}}/indexes/{{indexUID}}/documents",
      "host": [
        "{{url}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "indexes",
        "{{indexUID}}",
        "documents"
      ],
      "query": [
        {
          "key": "primaryKey",
          "value": "id",
          "disabled": true
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "response": [
  ]
}