Connecting

This page contains the information you need to connect and use the Client with Elasticsearch.

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This document contains code snippets to show you how to connect to various Elasticsearch providers.

To set the cluster endpoints, the username, and the password programatically, pass a configuration object to the elasticsearch.NewClient() function.

cfg := elasticsearch.Config{
  Addresses: []string{
    "http://localhost:9200",
    "http://localhost:9201",
  },
  Username: "foo",
  Password: "bar",
}
es, err := elasticsearch.NewClient(cfg)

You can also include the username and password in the endpoint URL:

'https://username:password@localhost:9200'

If you are using Elastic Cloud, the client offers an easy way to connect to it. You must pass the Cloud ID that you can find in the cloud console and the corresponding API key.

cfg := elasticsearch.Config{
		CloudID: "CLOUD_ID",
		APIKey: "API_KEY"
}
es, err := elasticsearch.NewClient(cfg)

The Elasticsearch server version 8.0 is introducing a new compatibility mode that allows you a smoother upgrade experience from 7 to 8. In a nutshell, you can use the latest 7.x go-elasticsearch Elasticsearch client with an 8.x Elasticsearch server, giving more room to coordinate the upgrade of your codebase to the next major version.

If you want to leverage this functionality, please make sure that you are using the latest 7.x go-elasticsearch client and set the environment variable ELASTIC_CLIENT_APIVERSIONING to true or the configuration option config.EnableCompatibilityMode in the client Config. The client is handling the rest internally. For every 8.0 and beyond go-elasticsearch client, you’re all set! The compatibility mode is enabled by default.

The Elasticsearch package ties together two separate packages for calling the Elasticsearch APIs and transferring data over HTTP: esapi and estransport, respectively.

Use the elasticsearch.NewDefaultClient() function to create the client with the default settings.

es, err := elasticsearch.NewDefaultClient()
if err != nil {
  log.Fatalf("Error creating the client: %s", err)
}

res, err := es.Info()
if err != nil {
  log.Fatalf("Error getting response: %s", err)
}

defer res.Body.Close()
log.Println(res)

This section illustrates the best practices for leveraging the Elasticsearch client in a Function-as-a-Service (FaaS) environment. The most influential optimization is to initialize the client outside of the function, the global scope. This practice does not only improve performance but also enables background functionality as – for example – sniffing. The following examples provide a skeleton for the best practices.

package httpexample

import (
	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v8"
)

var client *elasticsearch.Client

func init() {
	var err error

	... # Client configuration
	client, err = elasticsearch.NewClient(cfg)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("elasticsearch.NewClient: %v", err)
	}
}

func HttpExample(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
	... # Client usage
}

package httpexample

import (
	"github.com/aws/aws-lambda-go/lambda"
	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v8"
)

var client *elasticsearch.Client

func init() {
	var err error

	... # Client configuration
	client, err = elasticsearch.NewClient(cfg)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("elasticsearch.NewClient: %v", err)
	}
}

func HttpExample() {
	... # Client usage
}

func main() {
	lambda.Start(HttpExample)
}

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