shell> curl --dump - http://localhost:8529/_api/document/products/1711656179 HTTP/1.1 200 OK content-type: application/json; charset=utf-8 etag: "1711656179" { "inhabitants" : { "china" : 1366980000, "india" : 1263590000, "usa" : 319220000 }, "_id" : "products/1711656179", "_rev" : "1711656179", "_key" : "1711656179" } shell> curl -X PATCH --data-binary @- --dump - http://localhost:8529/_api/document/products/1711656179?mergeObjects=true < curl --dump - http://localhost:8529/_api/document/products/1711656179 HTTP/1.1 200 OK content-type: application/json; charset=utf-8 etag: "1712180467" { "inhabitants" : { "china" : 1366980000, "india" : 1263590000, "usa" : 319220000, "indonesia" : 252164800, "brazil" : 203553000 }, "_id" : "products/1711656179", "_rev" : "1712180467", "_key" : "1711656179" } shell> curl -X PATCH --data-binary @- --dump - http://localhost:8529/_api/document/products/1711656179?mergeObjects=false < curl --dump - http://localhost:8529/_api/document/products/1711656179 HTTP/1.1 200 OK content-type: application/json; charset=utf-8 etag: "1712639219" { "inhabitants" : { "pakistan" : 188346000 }, "_id" : "products/1711656179", "_rev" : "1712639219", "_key" : "1711656179" }