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Getting started

This page guides you through the installation process of the Go client, shows you how to instantiate the client, and how to perform basic Elasticsearch operations with it. You can use the client with either a low-level API or a fully typed API. This getting started shows you examples of both APIs.

Requirements

Go version 1.21+

Installation

To install the latest version of the client, run the following command:

go get github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v8@latest

Refer to the Installation page to learn more.

Connecting

You can connect to the Elastic Cloud using an API key and the Elasticsearch endpoint for the low level API:

client, err := elasticsearch.NewClient(elasticsearch.Config{
    CloudID: "<CloudID>",
    APIKey: "<ApiKey>",
})

You can connect to the Elastic Cloud using an API key and the Elasticsearch endpoint for the fully-typed API:

typedClient, err := elasticsearch.NewTypedClient(elasticsearch.Config{
    CloudID: "<CloudID>",
    APIKey:  "<ApiKey>",
})

Your Elasticsearch endpoint can be found on the My deployment page of your deployment:

Finding Elasticsearch endpoint

You can generate an API key on the Management page under Security.

Create API key

For other connection options, refer to the Connecting section.

Operations

Time to use Elasticsearch! This section walks you through the basic, and most important, operations of Elasticsearch. For more operations and more advanced examples, refer to the Examples page.

Creating an index

This is how you create the my_index index with the low level API:

client.Indices.Create("my_index")

This is how you create the my_index index with the fully-typed API:

typedClient.Indices.Create("my_index").Do(context.TODO())

Indexing documents

This is a simple way of indexing a document by using the low-level API:

document := struct {
    Name string `json:"name"`
}{
    "go-elasticsearch",
}
data, _ := json.Marshal(document)
client.Index("my_index", bytes.NewReader(data))

This is a simple way of indexing a document by using the fully-typed API:

document := struct {
    Name string `json:"name"`
}{
    "go-elasticsearch",
}
typedClient.Index("my_index").
		Id("1").
		Request(document).
		Do(context.TODO())

Getting documents

You can get documents by using the following code with the low-level API:

client.Get("my_index", "id")

This is how you can get documents by using the fully-typed API:

typedClient.Get("my_index", "id").Do(context.TODO())

Searching documents

This is how you can create a single match query with the low-level API:

query := `{ "query": { "match_all": {} } }`
client.Search(
    client.Search.WithIndex("my_index"),
    client.Search.WithBody(strings.NewReader(query)),
)

This is how you can perform a single match query with the fully-typed API:

typedClient.Search().
    Index("my_index").
    Request(&search.Request{
        Query: &types.Query{MatchAll: &types.MatchAllQuery{}},
    }).
    Do(context.TODO())

Updating documents

This is how you can update a document, for example to add a new field, by using the low-level API:

client.Update("my_index", "id", strings.NewReader(`{doc: { language: "Go" }}`))

This is how you can update a document with the fully-typed API:

typedClient.Update("my_index", "id").
	Request(&update.Request{
        Doc: json.RawMessage(`{ language: "Go" }`),
    }).Do(context.TODO())

Deleting documents

client.Delete("my_index", "id")

typedClient.Delete("my_index", "id").Do(context.TODO())

Deleting an index

client.Indices.Delete([]string{"my_index"})

typedClient.Indices.Delete("my_index").Do(context.TODO())

Further reading

  • Learn more about the Typed API, a strongly typed Golang API for Elasticsearch.