---
title: Eland Python client
description: Eland is a Python client and toolkit for DataFrames and machine learning in Elasticsearch. Full documentation is available on Read the Docs. Source code...
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/elasticsearch/clients/eland
products:
  - Eland
  - Elasticsearch Client
---

# Eland Python client
Eland is a Python client and toolkit for DataFrames and machine learning in Elasticsearch. Full documentation is available on [Read the Docs](https://eland.readthedocs.io). Source code is available on [GitHub](https://github.com/elastic/eland).

## Compatibility

You can find detailed compatibility and setup information in the [Compatibility section](https://github.com/elastic/eland?tab=readme-ov-file#compatibility) of the GitHub README.

## Getting Started

Create a `DataFrame` object connected to an Elasticsearch cluster running on `http://localhost:9200`:
```python
>>> import eland as ed
>>> df = ed.DataFrame(
...    es_client="http://localhost:9200",
...    es_index_pattern="flights",
... )
>>> df
       AvgTicketPrice  Cancelled  ... dayOfWeek           timestamp
0          841.265642      False  ...         0 2018-01-01 00:00:00
1          882.982662      False  ...         0 2018-01-01 18:27:00
2          190.636904      False  ...         0 2018-01-01 17:11:14
3          181.694216       True  ...         0 2018-01-01 10:33:28
4          730.041778      False  ...         0 2018-01-01 05:13:00
...               ...        ...  ...       ...                 ...
13054     1080.446279      False  ...         6 2018-02-11 20:42:25
13055      646.612941      False  ...         6 2018-02-11 01:41:57
13056      997.751876      False  ...         6 2018-02-11 04:09:27
13057     1102.814465      False  ...         6 2018-02-11 08:28:21
13058      858.144337      False  ...         6 2018-02-11 14:54:34

[13059 rows x 27 columns]
```


### Elastic Cloud

You can also connect Eland to an Elasticsearch instance in Elastic Cloud:
```python
>>> import eland as ed
>>> from elasticsearch import Elasticsearch

# First instantiate an 'Elasticsearch' instance connected to Elastic Cloud
>>> es = Elasticsearch(cloud_id="...", api_key="...")

# then wrap the client in an Eland DataFrame:
>>> df = ed.DataFrame(es, es_index_pattern="flights")
>>> df.head(5)
       AvgTicketPrice  Cancelled  ... dayOfWeek           timestamp
0          841.265642      False  ...         0 2018-01-01 00:00:00
1          882.982662      False  ...         0 2018-01-01 18:27:00
2          190.636904      False  ...         0 2018-01-01 17:11:14
3          181.694216       True  ...         0 2018-01-01 10:33:28
4          730.041778      False  ...         0 2018-01-01 05:13:00
[5 rows x 27 columns]
```

Eland can be used for complex queries and aggregations:
```python
>>> df[df.Carrier != "Kibana Airlines"].groupby("Carrier").mean(numeric_only=False)
                  AvgTicketPrice  Cancelled                     timestamp
Carrier
ES-Air                630.235816   0.129814 2018-01-21 20:45:00.200000000
JetBeats              627.457373   0.134698 2018-01-21 14:43:18.112400635
Logstash Airways      624.581974   0.125188 2018-01-21 16:14:50.711798340
```