Which of following is best way to query elasticsearch from python?

Question

The official elasticsearch python client

from elasticsearch import Elasticsearch
es = Elasticsearch()
result = es.get(index="test_index", id=1)
print(result)

or

import urllib2
import json
response = urllib2.urlopen('http://localhost:9200/test_index/_search?q=_id:1', )
result = json.loads(response.read())
print(result)

Which of above is best way to query elasticsearch from python?

Using the official client is generally a better idea than manually calling the API. Why would you use the second one? — Sahand
– Sahand, Commented Feb 17, 2014 at 8:07
@Sahand, the official elasticsearch api is released just few months ago (Sep 2013). Until that python applications use elasticsearch with something other than 'official python elasticsearch api'. So i am wondering is there a better way to do this? — St123
– St123, Commented Feb 17, 2014 at 8:20

Nathan Smith · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-17 09:41:22Z

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There are a few python clients, the official one is probably going to be the most reliable/consistent and if you looked at the source code it would be doing something similar to your 2nd example. Here are some other Python clients -

elasticsearch
pyelasticsearch
rawes

answered Feb 17, 2014 at 9:41

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