shell> curl --dump - http://localhost:8529/_api/document/products/10623 HTTP/1.1 200 OK x-content-type-options: nosniff content-type: application/json; charset=utf-8 etag: "_XG3z-Tm--_" { "_key" : "10623", "_id" : "products/10623", "_rev" : "_XG3z-Tm--_", "inhabitants" : { "china" : 1366980000, "india" : 1263590000, "usa" : 319220000 } } shell> curl -X PATCH --data-binary @- --dump - http://localhost:8529/_api/document/products/10623?mergeObjects=true <<EOF { "inhabitants" : { "indonesia" : 252164800, "brazil" : 203553000 } } EOF shell> curl --dump - http://localhost:8529/_api/document/products/10623 HTTP/1.1 200 OK x-content-type-options: nosniff content-type: application/json; charset=utf-8 etag: "_XG3z-Tu--_" { "_key" : "10623", "_id" : "products/10623", "_rev" : "_XG3z-Tu--_", "inhabitants" : { "china" : 1366980000, "india" : 1263590000, "usa" : 319220000, "indonesia" : 252164800, "brazil" : 203553000 } } shell> curl -X PATCH --data-binary @- --dump - http://localhost:8529/_api/document/products/10623?mergeObjects=false <<EOF { "inhabitants" : { "pakistan" : 188346000 } } EOF HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted content-type: application/json; charset=utf-8 x-content-type-options: nosniff etag: "_XG3z-Ty--_" location: /_db/_system/_api/document/products/10623 { "_id" : "products/10623", "_key" : "10623", "_rev" : "_XG3z-Ty--_", "_oldRev" : "_XG3z-Tu--_" } shell> curl --dump - http://localhost:8529/_api/document/products/10623 HTTP/1.1 200 OK x-content-type-options: nosniff content-type: application/json; charset=utf-8 etag: "_XG3z-Ty--_" { "_key" : "10623", "_id" : "products/10623", "_rev" : "_XG3z-Ty--_", "inhabitants" : { "pakistan" : 188346000 } }