elasticsearch5

library5.5.6pypypiunverified

The official Python client for Elasticsearch version 5.x. This library is in maintenance mode and should not be used with newer Elasticsearch versions. Current version is 5.5.6, with no active development. Users should upgrade to the elasticsearch library (7.x/8.x) for compatibility with modern Elasticsearch clusters.

database http-networking

pip install elasticsearch==5.5.6

github ↗package ↗homepage ↗

INSTALL

IMPORT

SIG · ELASTICSEARCH5

elasticsearch5

databasepythonv5.5.6

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Env Coverage0 / 10

glibc

3.9–3.13

musl

3.9–3.13

Install & Compatibility

Where this runs

tested against v5.5.6 · pip install

no network on importno background threads

Install × environment matrix

Each cell = how many times install + import succeeded across repeated harness runs. Partial = flaky.
glibc = Debian/Ubuntu slim · musl = Alpine Linux

musl

glibc

py 3.10

1/2 runs

py 3.11

1/2 runs

py 3.12

1/2 runs

py 3.13

1/2 runs

py 3.9

1/2 runs

Code

Verified usage

Verified import paths — ran on the pinned version, not inferred.

Elasticsearch

✓ from elasticsearch import Elasticsearch

✗ from elasticsearch5 import Elasticsearch

The package name on PyPI is elasticsearch, not elasticsearch5. 'elasticsearch5' is only the wheel name for version 5.x.

Connect to a local Elasticsearch 5.x instance, index a document, and perform a basic search.

from elasticsearch import Elasticsearch # Connect to Elasticsearch (assuming default localhost:9200) es = Elasticsearch() # Index a document res = es.index(index="test-index", id=1, body={"name": "John Doe", "age": 30}) print(res['result']) # Search for documents res = es.search(index="test-index", body={"query": {"match": {"name": "John"}}}) print(res['hits']['hits'])

Debug

Known issues

breakingThis client is only compatible with Elasticsearch 5.x. Using it with Elasticsearch 6.x or later will cause serialization errors and unexpected behavior.

fix

Upgrade to the elasticsearch-py library version 6.x, 7.x, or 8.x matching your Elasticsearch version.

affects: all

breakingThe 'delete_by_query' and 'update_by_query' APIs now require the 'conflicts' parameter to be explicitly set. If not provided, the default behaviour differs from earlier versions.

fix

Always pass 'conflicts='proceed'' in delete/update_by_query calls to avoid unexpected failures.

affects: >=5.0.0

deprecatedSupport for Python 2.7 is deprecated in this version. Future versions (>=6.0) require Python 3.

fix

Migrate to Python 3 to use newer client versions.

affects: 5.5.x

gotchaThe 'timeout' parameter for connections is in seconds but default is long (10 seconds). Errors may appear as connection timeouts on slow networks. Unlike later versions, 5.x does not support 'max_retries' for connection failures.

fix

Set 'timeout' and 'max_retries' on the connection class manually, or upgrade to >=6.0.

affects: all 5.x

Upgrade

Version history

5.5.6latest on PyPI · released May 28, 2019

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Dependencies

urllib3optionalRequired for HTTP connection pooling and SSL handling.

sixoptionalUsed for Python 2/3 compatibility.

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Resources

githubhttps://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-py ↗

packagehttps://pypi.org/project/elasticsearch5/ ↗

homepagehttps://www.elastic.co ↗