shell> curl --dump - http://localhost:8529/_api/document/products/9772 HTTP/1.1 200 OK content-type: application/json; charset=utf-8 etag: "_U-_pyLm---" { "_key" : "9772", "_id" : "products/9772", "_rev" : "_U-_pyLm---", "inhabitants" : { "china" : 1366980000, "india" : 1263590000, "usa" : 319220000 } } shell> curl -X PATCH --data-binary @- --dump - http://localhost:8529/_api/document/products/9772?mergeObjects=true <<EOF { "inhabitants" : { "indonesia" : 252164800, "brazil" : 203553000 } } EOF shell> curl --dump - http://localhost:8529/_api/document/products/9772 HTTP/1.1 200 OK content-type: application/json; charset=utf-8 etag: "_U-_pyLq---" { "_key" : "9772", "_id" : "products/9772", "_rev" : "_U-_pyLq---", "inhabitants" : { "china" : 1366980000, "india" : 1263590000, "usa" : 319220000, "indonesia" : 252164800, "brazil" : 203553000 } } shell> curl -X PATCH --data-binary @- --dump - http://localhost:8529/_api/document/products/9772?mergeObjects=false <<EOF { "inhabitants" : { "pakistan" : 188346000 } } EOF HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted content-type: application/json; charset=utf-8 etag: "_U-_pyLy---" location: /_db/_system/_api/document/products/9772 { "_id" : "products/9772", "_key" : "9772", "_rev" : "_U-_pyLy---", "_oldRev" : "_U-_pyLq---" } shell> curl --dump - http://localhost:8529/_api/document/products/9772 HTTP/1.1 200 OK content-type: application/json; charset=utf-8 etag: "_U-_pyLy---" { "_key" : "9772", "_id" : "products/9772", "_rev" : "_U-_pyLy---", "inhabitants" : { "pakistan" : 188346000 } }