[[elasticsearch.clients]]
= Elasticsearch Clients

This chapter illustrates configuration and usage of supported Elasticsearch client implementations.

Spring data Elasticsearch operates upon an Elasticsearch client that is connected to a single Elasticsearch node or a cluster.

WARNING: The well known `TransportClient` is deprecated as of Elasticsearch 7.0.0 and is expected to be removed in Elasticsearch 8.0.

[[elasticsearch.clients.rest]]
== High Level REST Client

The Java High Level REST Client provides a straight forward replacement for the `TransportClient` as it accepts and returns
the very same request/response objects and therefore depends on the Elasticsearch core project.
Asynchronous calls are operated upon a client managed thread pool and require a callback to be notified when the request is done.

.High Level REST Client
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[source,java]
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static class Config {

  @Bean
  RestHighLevelClient client() {

    ClientConfiguration clientConfiguration = ClientConfiguration.builder() <1>
      .connectedTo("localhost:9200", "localhost:9201")
      .build();

    return RestClients.create(clientConfiguration).rest(); <2>
  }
}

// ...

IndexRequest request = new IndexRequest("spring-data", "elasticsearch", randomID())
  .source(singletonMap("feature", "high-level-rest-client"))
  .setRefreshPolicy(IMMEDIATE);

IndexResponse response = client.index(request);
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<1> Use the builder to provide cluster addresses, set default `HttpHeaders` or enbale SSL.
<2> Next to the `rest()` client it is also possible to obtain the `lowLevelRest()` client.
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[[elasticsearch.clients.reactive]]
== Reactive Client

The `ReactiveElasticsearchClient` is a non official driver based on `WebClient`.
It uses the request/response objects provided by the Elasticsearch core project.
Calls are directly operated on the reactive stack, **not** wrapping async (thread pool bound) responses into reactive types.

.Reactive REST Client
====
[source,java]
----
static class Config {

  @Bean
  ReactiveElasticsearchClient client() {

    ClientConfiguration clientConfiguration = ClientConfiguration.builder() <1>
      .connectedTo("localhost:9200", "localhost:9291")
      .build();

    return ReactiveRestClients.create(clientConfiguration);
  }
}

// ...

Mono<IndexResponse> response = client.index(request ->

  request.index("spring-data")
    .type("elasticsearch")
    .id(randomID())
    .source(singletonMap("feature", "reactive-client"))
    .setRefreshPolicy(IMMEDIATE);
);
----
<1> Use the builder to provide cluster addresses, set default `HttpHeaders` or enbale SSL.
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