Validate `op_type` for `_create` (#27483)

core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/document/RestIndexAction.java

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.rest.action.RestActions;
 import org.elasticsearch.rest.action.RestStatusToXContentListener;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Locale;
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.rest.RestRequest.Method.POST;
 import static org.elasticsearch.rest.RestRequest.Method.PUT;
@@ -63,9 +64,16 @@ public class RestIndexAction extends BaseRestHandler {
 
         @Override
         public RestChannelConsumer prepareRequest(RestRequest request, final NodeClient client) throws IOException {
+            validateOpType(request.params().get("op_type"));
             request.params().put("op_type", "create");
             return RestIndexAction.this.prepareRequest(request, client);
         }
+
+        void validateOpType(String opType) {
+            if (null != opType && false == "create".equals(opType.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT))) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("opType must be 'create', found: [" + opType + "]");
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     @Override

core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/index/IndexRequestTests.java

@@ -64,15 +64,10 @@ public class IndexRequestTests extends ESTestCase {
         assertThat(indexRequest.opType(), equalTo(DocWriteRequest.OpType.INDEX));
     }
 
-    public void testReadBogusString() {
+    public void testReadIncorrectOpType() {
-        try {
+        IllegalArgumentException e = expectThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> new IndexRequest("").opType("foobar"));
-            IndexRequest indexRequest = new IndexRequest("");
-            indexRequest.opType("foobar");
-            fail("Expected IllegalArgumentException");
-        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
         assertThat(e.getMessage(), equalTo("opType must be 'create' or 'index', found: [foobar]"));
     }
-    }
 
     public void testCreateOperationRejectsVersions() {
         Set<VersionType> allButInternalSet = new HashSet<>(Arrays.asList(VersionType.values()));

core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/document/RestIndexActionTests.java

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
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+
+package org.elasticsearch.rest.action.document;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.Version;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
+import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestController;
+import org.elasticsearch.test.ESTestCase;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+
+public class RestIndexActionTests extends ESTestCase {
+
+    public void testCreateOpTypeValidation() throws Exception {
+        Settings settings = settings(Version.CURRENT).build();
+        RestIndexAction.CreateHandler create = new RestIndexAction(settings, mock(RestController.class)).new CreateHandler(settings);
+
+        String opType = randomFrom("CREATE", null);
+        create.validateOpType(opType);
+
+        String illegalOpType = randomFrom("index", "unknown", "");
+        IllegalArgumentException e = expectThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> create.validateOpType(illegalOpType));
+        assertThat(e.getMessage(), equalTo("opType must be 'create', found: [" + illegalOpType + "]"));
+    }
+}