def put(self,_id,key=None,value=None,**pair):
        # NOTE: if you ever change the _id arg to element, change remove() too
        key, value = self._get_key_value(key,value,pair)
        put = self._get_method(vertex="put_vertex", edge="put_edge")
        resp = put(self.index_name,key,value,_id)
        return resp
Put an element into the index at key/value and return Rexster's 
dataset/ETHPy150Open espeed/bulbs/bulbs/rexster/index.py/ManualIndex.put