putMapping elasticsearch index not found exception
If the index does not exist, putMapping() won't help, you need to call indices.create instead. putMapping can only be used to add a new mapping type to an already existing index.
Replace your putMapping call with this:
elastic.indices.createIndex({ index: "ppvevents", body: { mappings: { ppvObject: { properties: { name: {type: "string", index: "not_analyzed"}, hdid: {type: "integer"}, sdid: {type: "integer"} } } } }
new version of elasticsearch.js already removed the elastic.indices.createIndex, you need to use client.indices.create