Launch elasticsearch server using python code

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I would like to write a script in python which creates an elasticsearch server at localhost 9200. All of the examples that I find online regard connecting to an existing elasticsearch instance running at localhost 9200. My motivation is that I don't want to have to use the command line to run or shutoff the server.

Basically replace this line

 bin/elasticsearch

with something in python.

UPDATE: I tried the following

subprocess.popen('elasticsearch-1.4.0/bin/elasticsearch')

However, I am getting the error "AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'popen'"

My application.py file will run the elasticsearch service and then create another service which I can use to make calls to the elasticsearch server.

Could anyone provide a code snippet of how I would go about creating the elasticsearch instance programmatically? Are there any existing projects that do this? Thanks in advance for any help.

with a capital P : subprocess.Popen(...)

Alix Martin
– Alix Martin

2014-11-10 12:08:23 +00:00
Commented Nov 10, 2014 at 12:08 — Alix Martin
– Alix Martin, Commented Nov 10, 2014 at 12:08

matt hoover · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-15 04:17:25Z

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from os import popen
import subprocess

subprocess.Popen('elasticsearch-1.4.0/bin/elasticsearch')

answered Nov 15, 2014 at 4:17

matt hoover

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tzzz · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-09 21:02:44Z

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something like this?

from os import popen
popen('bin/elasticsearch')

answered Nov 9, 2014 at 21:02

tzzz

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matt hoover Over a year ago

popen allows me to run elasticsearch, but then the lines of code after popen don't get executed. I think that the program is hanging on popen. Should I spawn a separate thread?

kundan saha · Accepted Answer · 2021-02-02 09:24:12Z

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Elasticsearch takes some time to start. That's why you may not be able to see the connection and run the following commands immediately. Try running the script again after a few seconds.

answered Feb 2, 2021 at 9:24

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