你当然可以在现有JSON文档中插入其他JSON对象。作为多模型数据库，应该首先考虑数据模型。

为了促进JSON对象更新，JSON模型应为：

{
  "recipe" : {
    "recipe1":{
      "name" : "Apple pie", 
      "fromScratch" : true, 
      "ingredients" : "The Universe"
    }
  }
}

然后构造一个名为的更新JSON内容（选择以下选项之一）add-recipe.json：

1. 之后添加JSON对象 recipe1

{ 
  "patch": [
   { "insert": {
       "context": "/recipe/recipe1",
         "position": "after",
           "content":   
            { "recipe2": {
                "name" : "Chocolate Cake", 
                "fromScratch" : true, 
                "ingredients" : "Coca"
            }}
    
    }}
] }

2. 在之前添加JSON对象recipe1：

{ 
  "patch": [
   { "insert": {
       "context": "/recipe/recipe1",
         "position": "before",
           "content":   
            { "recipe2": {
                "name" : "Chocolate Cake", 
                "fromScratch" : true, 
                "ingredients" : "Coca"
            }}
    
    }}
] }

3. 在最后一个子项之后添加JSON对象（如果你嵌套了JSON对象）：

{ 
  "patch": [
   { "insert": {
       "context": "/recipe",
         "position": "last-child",
           "content":   
            { "recipe2": {
                "name" : "Chocolate Cake", 
                "fromScratch" : true, 
                "ingredients" : "Coca"
            }}
    
    }}
] }

最后，执行patchREST API请求以完成操作：

curl --anyauth --user {username}:{password} -X PATCH -d @./add-recipe.json -i -H "Content-type: application/json" "http://{hostname}:{port-number}/v1/documents?uri=/example/recipe.json"