[[rest-api-add-a-node-to-an-index-unless-a-node-already-exists-for-the-given-mapping]]
=== Add a node to an index unless a node already exists for the given mapping ===

.Final Graph
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----
  N182 [
    label = "{Node\[182\]|}"
  ]
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_Example request_

* *+POST+*  +http://localhost:7474/db/data/index/node/people?unique+
* *+Accept:+* +application/json+
* *+Content-Type:+* +application/json+
[source,javascript]
----
{"key": "name", "value": "Mattias", "uri":"http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/182"}
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_Example response_

* *+201:+* +Created+
* *+Content-Type:+* +application/json+
* *+Location:+* +http://localhost:7474/db/data/index/node/people/name/Mattias/182+
[source,javascript]
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{
  "extensions" : {
  },
  "paged_traverse" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/182/paged/traverse/{returnType}{?pageSize,leaseTime}",
  "outgoing_relationships" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/182/relationships/out",
  "traverse" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/182/traverse/{returnType}",
  "all_typed_relationships" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/182/relationships/all/{-list|&|types}",
  "all_relationships" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/182/relationships/all",
  "property" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/182/properties/{key}",
  "self" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/182",
  "outgoing_typed_relationships" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/182/relationships/out/{-list|&|types}",
  "properties" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/182/properties",
  "incoming_relationships" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/182/relationships/in",
  "incoming_typed_relationships" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/182/relationships/in/{-list|&|types}",
  "create_relationship" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/182/relationships",
  "data" : {
  },
  "indexed" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/index/node/people/name/Mattias/182"
}
----


