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VB.NET / MeiliSearch v0.24 / Add or update documents

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

Dim http As New Chilkat.Http
Dim success As Boolean

' 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,
'     "author": "J. Austen",
'     "date": "1813"
'   }
' ]

Dim jarr As New Chilkat.JsonArray

jarr.AddObjectAt(-1)
Dim jsonObj_1 As Chilkat.JsonObject = jarr.ObjectAt(jarr.Size - 1)
jsonObj_1.UpdateInt("id",2)
jsonObj_1.UpdateString("author","J. Austen")
jsonObj_1.UpdateString("date","1813")



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

Dim sbRequestBody As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
jarr.EmitSb(sbRequestBody)

Dim resp As Chilkat.HttpResponse = http.PTextSb("PUT","http://localhost:7700/indexes/indexUID/documents",sbRequestBody,"utf-8","application/json",False,False)
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


Debug.WriteLine(resp.StatusCode)
Debug.WriteLine(resp.BodyStr)

Curl Command

curl -X PUT
	-H "X-Meili-Api-Key: masterKey"
	-d '[
  {
	"id": 2,
	"author": "J. Austen",
	"date": "1813"
  }
]'
http://localhost:7700/indexes/indexUID/documents

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Add or update documents",
  "request": {
    "method": "PUT",
    "header": [
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": "[\n  {\n\t\"id\": 2,\n\t\"author\": \"J. Austen\",\n\t\"date\": \"1813\"\n  }\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": [
  ]
}