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title: Integrations
description: You can find integration options and information on this page. The Python Elasticsearch client supports native OpenTelemetry instrumentation following...
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/elasticsearch/clients/python/integrations
products:
  - Elasticsearch
  - Elasticsearch Client
  - Elasticsearch Python Client
---

# Integrations
You can find integration options and information on this page.

## OpenTelemetry instrumentation

The Python Elasticsearch client supports native OpenTelemetry instrumentation following the [OpenTelemetry Semantic Conventions for Elasticsearch](https://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/semconv/database/elasticsearch/). Refer to the [Using OpenTelemetry](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/elasticsearch/clients/python/opentelemetry) page for details.

## ES|QL

[ES|QL](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/query-languages/esql) is available through the Python Elasticsearch client. Refer to the [ES|QL and Pandas](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/elasticsearch/clients/python/esql-pandas) page to learn more about using ES|QL and Pandas together with dataframes.

## Transport

The handling of connections, retries, and pooling is handled by the [Elastic Transport Python](https://github.com/elastic/elastic-transport-python) library. Documentation on the low-level classes is available on [Read the Docs](https://elastic-transport-python.readthedocs.io).

## Tracking requests with Opaque ID

You can enrich your requests against Elasticsearch with an identifier string, that allows you to discover this identifier in [deprecation logs](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/deploy-manage/monitor/logging-configuration/update-elasticsearch-logging-levels#deprecation-logging), to support you with [identifying search slow log origin](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/elasticsearch/index-settings/slow-log) or to help with [identifying running tasks](https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/elasticsearch/group/endpoint-tasks).
The opaque ID can be set using the `opaque_id` parameter via the client `.options()` method:
```python
client = Elasticsearch(...)
client.options(opaque_id="request-id-...").search(...)
```


## Type Hints

Starting in `elasticsearch-py` v7.10.0 the library now ships with [type hints](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0484) and supports basic static type analysis with tools like [Mypy](http://mypy-lang.org) and [Pyright](https://github.com/microsoft/pyright).
If we write a script that has a type error like using `request_timeout` with a `str` argument instead of `float` and then run Mypy on the script:
```python
# script.py
from elasticsearch import Elasticsearch

client = Elasticsearch(...)
client.options(
    request_timeout="5" 
).search(...)

# $ mypy script.py
# script.py:5: error: Argument "request_timeout" to "search" of "Elasticsearch" has
#                     incompatible type "str"; expected "Union[int, float, None]"
# Found 1 error in 1 file (checked 1 source file)
```

Type hints also allow tools like your IDE to check types and provide better auto-complete functionality.