Method: Chewy::Index::Actions::ClassMethods#create

Defined in:
lib/chewy/index/actions.rb

#create(*args, **kwargs) ⇒ Object

Creates index and applies mappings and settings. Returns false in case of unsuccessful creation.

UsersIndex.create # creates index named users

Index name suffix might be passed optionally. In this case, method creates index with suffix and makes unsuffixed alias for it.

UsersIndex.create '01-2013' # creates index users_01-2013 and alias users for it UsersIndex.create '01-2013', alias: false # creates index users_01-2013 only and no alias

Suffixed index names might be used for zero-downtime mapping change, for example. Description: (http://www.elasticsearch.org/blog/changing-mapping-with-zero-downtime/).



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# File 'lib/chewy/index/actions.rb', line 33

def create(*args, **kwargs)
  create!(*args, **kwargs)
rescue Elastic::Transport::Transport::Errors::BadRequest
  false
end