From d022a4495f0580b299a4633ccbee27e57f99b067 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Alcorn <33233808+jaalcorn@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2020 12:57:03 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add example of additional_codecs setting

Add an example using the additional_codecs setting to clarify what the document is stating about using two codecs and reinforce the codec setting's tie to the Content-Type setting
---
 docs/index.asciidoc | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/index.asciidoc b/docs/index.asciidoc
index 30e8dd04..af34141d 100644
--- a/docs/index.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/index.asciidoc
@@ -107,6 +107,16 @@ Apply specific codecs for specific content types.
 The default codec will be applied only after this list is checked
 and no codec for the request's content-type is found
 
+For example, to process a http request using _bulk you could use the following which would process the request using the json codec according to the Content-Type setting and, additionally, use the es_bulk codec:
+[source,ruby]
+    http {
+    additional_codecs => {"application/json"=>"es_bulk"}
+    response_headers => {
+      "Content-Type" => "application/json"
+                        }
+          }
+           }
+
 [id="plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-cipher_suites"]
 ===== `cipher_suites`