shell> curl --dump - http://localhost:8529/_api/document/products/12331

HTTP/<span class="hljs-number">1.1</span> <span class="hljs-number">200</span> OK
content-type: application/json; charset=utf<span class="hljs-number">-8</span>
etag: <span class="hljs-string">"_WgE7cZW--_"</span>
x-content-type-options: nosniff

{ 
  <span class="hljs-string">"_key"</span> : <span class="hljs-string">"12331"</span>, 
  <span class="hljs-string">"_id"</span> : <span class="hljs-string">"products/12331"</span>, 
  <span class="hljs-string">"_rev"</span> : <span class="hljs-string">"_WgE7cZW--_"</span>, 
  <span class="hljs-string">"inhabitants"</span> : { 
    <span class="hljs-string">"china"</span> : <span class="hljs-number">1366980000</span>, 
    <span class="hljs-string">"india"</span> : <span class="hljs-number">1263590000</span>, 
    <span class="hljs-string">"usa"</span> : <span class="hljs-number">319220000</span> 
  } 
}
shell> curl -X PATCH --data-binary @- --dump - http://localhost:8529/_api/document/products/12331?mergeObjects=true &lt;&lt;EOF
{ 
  <span class="hljs-string">"inhabitants"</span> : { 
    <span class="hljs-string">"indonesia"</span> : <span class="hljs-number">252164800</span>, 
    <span class="hljs-string">"brazil"</span> : <span class="hljs-number">203553000</span> 
  } 
}
EOF

shell> curl --dump - http://localhost:8529/_api/document/products/12331

HTTP/<span class="hljs-number">1.1</span> <span class="hljs-number">200</span> OK
content-type: application/json; charset=utf<span class="hljs-number">-8</span>
etag: <span class="hljs-string">"_WgE7cZm--_"</span>
x-content-type-options: nosniff

{ 
  <span class="hljs-string">"_key"</span> : <span class="hljs-string">"12331"</span>, 
  <span class="hljs-string">"_id"</span> : <span class="hljs-string">"products/12331"</span>, 
  <span class="hljs-string">"_rev"</span> : <span class="hljs-string">"_WgE7cZm--_"</span>, 
  <span class="hljs-string">"inhabitants"</span> : { 
    <span class="hljs-string">"china"</span> : <span class="hljs-number">1366980000</span>, 
    <span class="hljs-string">"india"</span> : <span class="hljs-number">1263590000</span>, 
    <span class="hljs-string">"usa"</span> : <span class="hljs-number">319220000</span>, 
    <span class="hljs-string">"indonesia"</span> : <span class="hljs-number">252164800</span>, 
    <span class="hljs-string">"brazil"</span> : <span class="hljs-number">203553000</span> 
  } 
}
shell> curl -X PATCH --data-binary @- --dump - http://localhost:8529/_api/document/products/12331?mergeObjects=false &lt;&lt;EOF
{ 
  <span class="hljs-string">"inhabitants"</span> : { 
    <span class="hljs-string">"pakistan"</span> : <span class="hljs-number">188346000</span> 
  } 
}
EOF

HTTP/<span class="hljs-number">1.1</span> <span class="hljs-number">202</span> Accepted
content-type: application/json; charset=utf<span class="hljs-number">-8</span>
etag: <span class="hljs-string">"_WgE7caC--_"</span>
x-content-type-options: nosniff
location: <span class="hljs-regexp">/_db/</span>_system/_api/<span class="hljs-built_in">document</span>/products/<span class="hljs-number">12331</span>

{ 
  <span class="hljs-string">"_id"</span> : <span class="hljs-string">"products/12331"</span>, 
  <span class="hljs-string">"_key"</span> : <span class="hljs-string">"12331"</span>, 
  <span class="hljs-string">"_rev"</span> : <span class="hljs-string">"_WgE7caC--_"</span>, 
  <span class="hljs-string">"_oldRev"</span> : <span class="hljs-string">"_WgE7cZm--_"</span> 
}
shell> curl --dump - http://localhost:8529/_api/document/products/12331

HTTP/<span class="hljs-number">1.1</span> <span class="hljs-number">200</span> OK
content-type: application/json; charset=utf<span class="hljs-number">-8</span>
etag: <span class="hljs-string">"_WgE7caC--_"</span>
x-content-type-options: nosniff

{ 
  <span class="hljs-string">"_key"</span> : <span class="hljs-string">"12331"</span>, 
  <span class="hljs-string">"_id"</span> : <span class="hljs-string">"products/12331"</span>, 
  <span class="hljs-string">"_rev"</span> : <span class="hljs-string">"_WgE7caC--_"</span>, 
  <span class="hljs-string">"inhabitants"</span> : { 
    <span class="hljs-string">"pakistan"</span> : <span class="hljs-number">188346000</span> 
  } 
}