shell> curl --header 'accept: application/json' --dump - http://localhost:8529/_api/document/products/104162 HTTP/1.1 OK content-type: application/json; charset=utf-8 etag: "_X6armN---B" x-content-type-options: nosniff { "_key" : "104162", "_id" : "products/104162", "_rev" : "_X6armN---B", "inhabitants" : { "china" : 1366980000, "india" : 1263590000, "usa" : 319220000 } } shell> curl -X PATCH --header 'accept: application/json' --data-binary @- --dump - http://localhost:8529/_api/document/products/104162?mergeObjects=true <<EOF { "inhabitants" : { "indonesia" : 252164800, "brazil" : 203553000 } } EOF shell> curl --header 'accept: application/json' --dump - http://localhost:8529/_api/document/products/104162 HTTP/1.1 OK content-type: application/json; charset=utf-8 etag: "_X6armNC--_" x-content-type-options: nosniff { "_key" : "104162", "_id" : "products/104162", "_rev" : "_X6armNC--_", "inhabitants" : { "china" : 1366980000, "india" : 1263590000, "usa" : 319220000, "indonesia" : 252164800, "brazil" : 203553000 } } shell> curl -X PATCH --header 'accept: application/json' --data-binary @- --dump - http://localhost:8529/_api/document/products/104162?mergeObjects=false <<EOF { "inhabitants" : { "pakistan" : 188346000 } } EOF HTTP/1.1 Accepted content-type: application/json; charset=utf-8 etag: "_X6armNK--_" location: /_db/_system/_api/document/products/104162 x-content-type-options: nosniff { "_id" : "products/104162", "_key" : "104162", "_rev" : "_X6armNK--_", "_oldRev" : "_X6armNC--_" } shell> curl --header 'accept: application/json' --dump - http://localhost:8529/_api/document/products/104162 HTTP/1.1 OK content-type: application/json; charset=utf-8 etag: "_X6armNK--_" x-content-type-options: nosniff { "_key" : "104162", "_id" : "products/104162", "_rev" : "_X6armNK--_", "inhabitants" : { "pakistan" : 188346000 } }