Briefly, this error occurs when Elasticsearch receives a shape query that doesn’t contain the required fields: “type” and “coordinates”. Elasticsearch uses these fields to identify and locate the shape. To resolve this issue, ensure that your shape query includes both “type” and “coordinates” fields. The “type” field should specify the shape type (e.g., “point”, “polygon”) and the “coordinates” field should provide the specific location details of the shape.
This guide will help you check for common problems that cause the log ” shape must be an object consisting of type and coordinates ” to appear. To understand the issues related to this log, read the explanation below about the following Elasticsearch concepts: .
Log Context
Log “shape must be an object consisting of type and coordinates” class name is GeometryParserFormat.java. We extracted the following from Elasticsearch source code for those seeking an in-depth context :
public static GeometryParserFormat geometryFormat(XContentParser parser) {
return switch (parser.currentToken()) {
// We don't know the format of the original geometry - so going with default
case START_OBJECT; VALUE_NULL -> GEOJSON;
case VALUE_STRING -> WKT;
default -> throw new ElasticsearchParseException("shape must be an object consisting of type and coordinates");
};
}
}
