# \[ANN\] Jest - ElasticSearch Java Rest Client **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [September 25, 2012, 12:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ann-jest-elasticsearch-java-rest-client/9135 "2012-09-25T12:56:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ferhatsb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/977dab/32.png) [@ferhatsb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ferhatsb)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 12:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ann-jest-elasticsearch-java-rest-client/9135/1 "2012-09-25T12:56:36Z")
Hi All! We are proud to announce Jest, a Java client for ElasticSearch rest interface. [https://github.com/searchbox-io/Jest](https://github.com/searchbox-io/Jest) It is useful when you need to work with Java/JVM and do not have access ElasticSearch via native Java API. For now it covers core API but rest of the API also in development. Check out sample Java application [https://github.com/searchbox-io/java-jest-sample](https://github.com/searchbox-io/java-jest-sample) with basic search feature of ElasticSearch. All comments, feedbacks are welcomed. I want give a special thanks to @dogukansonmez[https://twitter.com/dogukansonmez](https://twitter.com/dogukansonmez)for his hard work to make this real. We also invite you to use [www.searchbox.io](http://www.searchbox.io). ElasticSearch as service, build by nerds for nerds! Regards, Ferhat. [www.searchbox.io](http://www.searchbox.io) -- ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 1:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ann-jest-elasticsearch-java-rest-client/9135/2 "2012-09-25T13:00:18Z")
Excellent ! Thanks for sharing. Don't Forget to add a pull request on Client and integration pages on [elasticsearch.github.com](http://elasticsearch.github.com) repo. 😉 -- David 😉 Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs Le 25 sept. 2012 à 14:56, ferhatsb [ferhat.sobay@gmail.com](mailto:ferhat.sobay@gmail.com) a écrit : > Hi All! > > We are proud to announce Jest, a Java client for Elasticsearch rest interface. [GitHub - searchbox-io/Jest: Elasticsearch Java Rest Client.](https://github.com/searchbox-io/Jest) > > It is useful when you need to work with Java/JVM and do not have access Elasticsearch via native Java API. > For now it covers core API but rest of the API also in development. > > Check out sample Java application [https://github.com/searchbox-io/java-jest-sample](https://github.com/searchbox-io/java-jest-sample) with basic search feature of Elasticsearch. > > All comments, feedbacks are welcomed. > > I want give a special thanks to @dogukansonmez for his hard work to make this real. > > We also invite you to use [www.searchbox.io](http://www.searchbox.io). Elasticsearch as service, build by nerds for nerds! > > ## Regards, Ferhat. [www.searchbox.io](http://www.searchbox.io) -- ---
**Author:** ![ferhatsb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/977dab/32.png) [@ferhatsb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ferhatsb)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 1:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ann-jest-elasticsearch-java-rest-client/9135/3 "2012-09-25T13:02:48Z")
Thanks David! A pull request is incoming! On Tuesday, September 25, 2012 4:00:29 PM UTC+3, David Pilato wrote: > Excellent ! > Thanks for sharing. > > Don't Forget to add a pull request on Client and integration pages on > [elasticsearch.github.com](http://elasticsearch.github.com) repo. 😉 > > -- > David 😉 > Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs > > Le 25 sept. 2012 à 14:56, ferhatsb \<[ferhat...@gmail.com](mailto:ferhat...@gmail.com) \\> a > écrit : > > Hi All! > > We are proud to announce Jest, a Java client for Elasticsearch rest > interface. [GitHub - searchbox-io/Jest: Elasticsearch Java Rest Client.](https://github.com/searchbox-io/Jest) > > It is useful when you need to work with Java/JVM and do not have access > Elasticsearch via native Java API. > For now it covers core API but rest of the API also in development. > > Check out sample Java application > [https://github.com/searchbox-io/java-jest-sample](https://github.com/searchbox-io/java-jest-sample) with basic search > feature of Elasticsearch. > > All comments, feedbacks are welcomed. > > I want give a special thanks to @dogukansonmez[https://twitter.com/dogukansonmez](https://twitter.com/dogukansonmez)for his hard work to make this real. > > We also invite you to use [www.searchbox.io](http://www.searchbox.io). Elasticsearch as service, > build by nerds for nerds! > > Regards, > Ferhat. > [www.searchbox.io](http://www.searchbox.io) > > -- -- ---
**Author:** ![otisg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/otisg/32/492_2.png) [@otisg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/otisg)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 3:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ann-jest-elasticsearch-java-rest-client/9135/4 "2012-09-26T03:54:24Z")
Ha! And I was about to ask how come there is no Java client that uses HTTP and whether it would make sense to create one. Can Jest detect other nodes in the cluster (I see you can specify a list already, but...) a la TransportClient? Would be nice... ## Otis Search Analytics - [Cloud Monitoring Tools & Services | Sematext](http://sematext.com/search-analytics/index.html) Performance Monitoring - [Sematext Monitoring | Infrastructure Monitoring Service](http://sematext.com/spm/index.html) On Tuesday, September 25, 2012 8:56:36 AM UTC-4, ferhatsb wrote: > Hi All! > > We are proud to announce Jest, a Java client for Elasticsearch rest > interface. [GitHub - searchbox-io/Jest: Elasticsearch Java Rest Client.](https://github.com/searchbox-io/Jest) > > It is useful when you need to work with Java/JVM and do not have access > Elasticsearch via native Java API. > For now it covers core API but rest of the API also in development. > > Check out sample Java application > [https://github.com/searchbox-io/java-jest-sample](https://github.com/searchbox-io/java-jest-sample) with basic search > feature of Elasticsearch. > > All comments, feedbacks are welcomed. > > I want give a special thanks to @dogukansonmez[https://twitter.com/dogukansonmez](https://twitter.com/dogukansonmez)for his hard work to make this real. > > We also invite you to use [www.searchbox.io](http://www.searchbox.io). Elasticsearch as service, > build by nerds for nerds! > > Regards, > Ferhat. > [www.searchbox.io](http://www.searchbox.io) -- ---
**Author:** ![Ahmet\_Akyol](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ahmet_akyol/32/2389_2.png) [@Ahmet\_Akyol](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ahmet_Akyol)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 12:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ann-jest-elasticsearch-java-rest-client/9135/5 "2012-09-26T12:22:04Z")
Finally ... And I this said before[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/elasticsearch/xp3gLrkHReE/OS7wwRT2TgMJ](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/elasticsearch/xp3gLrkHReE/OS7wwRT2TgMJ). On Wednesday, September 26, 2012 6:54:24 AM UTC+3, Otis Gospodnetic wrote: > Ha! > > And I was about to ask how come there is no Java client that uses HTTP and > whether it would make sense to create one. > > Can Jest detect other nodes in the cluster (I see you can specify a list > already, but...) a la TransportClient? Would be nice... > > ## Otis > > Search Analytics - [Cloud Monitoring Tools & Services | Sematext](http://sematext.com/search-analytics/index.html) > Performance Monitoring - [Sematext Monitoring | Infrastructure Monitoring Service](http://sematext.com/spm/index.html) > > On Tuesday, September 25, 2012 8:56:36 AM UTC-4, ferhatsb wrote: > > > Hi All! > > > > We are proud to announce Jest, a Java client for Elasticsearch rest > > interface. [GitHub - searchbox-io/Jest: Elasticsearch Java Rest Client.](https://github.com/searchbox-io/Jest) > > > > It is useful when you need to work with Java/JVM and do not have access > > Elasticsearch via native Java API. > > For now it covers core API but rest of the API also in development. > > > > Check out sample Java application > > [https://github.com/searchbox-io/java-jest-sample](https://github.com/searchbox-io/java-jest-sample) with basic search > > feature of Elasticsearch. > > > > All comments, feedbacks are welcomed. > > > > I want give a special thanks to @dogukansonmez[https://twitter.com/dogukansonmez](https://twitter.com/dogukansonmez)for his hard work to make this real. > > > > We also invite you to use [www.searchbox.io](http://www.searchbox.io). Elasticsearch as service, > > build by nerds for nerds! > > > > Regards, > > Ferhat. > > [www.searchbox.io](http://www.searchbox.io) -- ---
**Author:** ![ian\_mayo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ian_mayo/32/2324_2.png) [@ian\_mayo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ian_mayo)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 2:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ann-jest-elasticsearch-java-rest-client/9135/6 "2012-09-26T14:34:55Z")
Hi, have you considered the contribution that JEST may make to a GWT interface for Elasticsearch? GWT compiles Java to client-side Javascript. On the presumption that JEST is collating JSON payloads that represent Elasticsearch queries, then I believe the JSON collation part of the library could be written in a GWT compliant subset of Java. This subset could then be used by GWT client applications as an easier way of collating Elasticsearch queries. Just a thought, Ian On Tuesday, 25 September 2012 13:56:36 UTC+1, ferhatsb wrote: > Hi All! > > We are proud to announce Jest, a Java client for Elasticsearch rest > interface. [GitHub - searchbox-io/Jest: Elasticsearch Java Rest Client.](https://github.com/searchbox-io/Jest) [...] > All comments, feedbacks are welcomed. > > Regards, > Ferhat. > [www.searchbox.io](http://www.searchbox.io) -- ---
**Author:** ![jprante](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jprante/32/44941_2.png) [@jprante](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jprante)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 3:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ann-jest-elasticsearch-java-rest-client/9135/7 "2012-09-26T15:28:18Z")
Hi, FYI, I am working in my spare time on a modularization of the ES codebase into client and server code. The client side will have a small footprint and will offer several protocol implementations, WebSocket, later also SPDY, and of course REST via HTTP. Also, this Java client will be layered into ingest, search, and admin client tasks. Unfortunately it is too early to announce a release with all features ready, since much of the ES actions have to be implemented yet. A pre-release for the impatient is available at [GitHub - jprante/elasticsearch-client: Modularized, OpenJDK 11 version of Elasticsearch client](https://github.com/jprante/elasticsearch-client) My main motivation was creating a minimal ingest client which is able to push data into ES while staying compatible to the XContentBuilder API but without being dependent on the Lucene jars. Using the QueryBuilder API requires Lucene. Because of the smaller footprint, an Android ES client might also be easier to evolve, continuing the effort of > **[GitHub - karussell/ElasticSearch4Android: ElasticSearch for Android -...](https://github.com/karussell/ElasticSearch4Android)** > > ElasticSearch for Android - experiment to get it running ... - GitHub - karussell/ElasticSearch4Android: ElasticSearch for Android - experiment to get it running ... But also, this client code can be integrated into such environments you mention. Personally I think that an integration into Vaadin which uses GWT would be a good thing, for building pure Java solutions where the ES cluster is encapsulated in a backend. Of course, for Javascript ES clients, the more straightforward method is to set up a proxy to control the access to port 9200 and let jQuery and the like do their Ajax requests to the ES REST API. Best regards, Jörg On Wednesday, September 26, 2012 4:34:55 PM UTC+2, ian mayo wrote: > Hi, > have you considered the contribution that JEST may make to a GWT interface > for Elasticsearch? > > GWT compiles Java to client-side Javascript. On the presumption that JEST > is collating JSON payloads that represent Elasticsearch queries, then I > believe the JSON collation part of the library could be written in a GWT > compliant subset of Java. This subset could then be used by GWT client > applications as an easier way of collating Elasticsearch queries. > > Just a thought, > Ian > > On Tuesday, 25 September 2012 13:56:36 UTC+1, ferhatsb wrote: > > > Hi All! > > > > We are proud to announce Jest, a Java client for Elasticsearch rest > > interface. [GitHub - searchbox-io/Jest: Elasticsearch Java Rest Client.](https://github.com/searchbox-io/Jest) > > [...] > > > All comments, feedbacks are welcomed. > > > > Regards, > > Ferhat. > > [www.searchbox.io](http://www.searchbox.io) -- ---
**Author:** ![ferhatsb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/977dab/32.png) [@ferhatsb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ferhatsb)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 5:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ann-jest-elasticsearch-java-rest-client/9135/8 "2012-09-27T05:07:17Z")
Hi, A nice discussion goes here noticed lately 🙂 @otis Discovering nodes automatically seems nice,currently it is just a round robin, I invite you to open an issue 🙂 @Ian We did not consider to create another layer on top of Jest, we are now focused on to complete, clear and maintain it. Also I aggree with Jörg's. @Jörg You have a point, Jest is a little fat with ES and all Lucene, gonna check your code base. Now we are creating a roadmap for Jest, first priority is to complete the API and remove unnecessary dependencies and code pieces. Then we want to implement async features. We want to hear from you guys. KR, Ferhat. On Wednesday, September 26, 2012 6:28:18 PM UTC+3, Jörg Prante wrote: > Hi, > > FYI, I am working in my spare time on a modularization of the ES codebase > into client and server code. The client side will have a small footprint > and will offer several protocol implementations, WebSocket, later also > SPDY, and of course REST via HTTP. Also, this Java client will be layered > into ingest, search, and admin client tasks. > > Unfortunately it is too early to announce a release with all features > ready, since much of the ES actions have to be implemented yet. A > pre-release for the impatient is available at > [GitHub - jprante/elasticsearch-client: Modularized, OpenJDK 11 version of Elasticsearch client](https://github.com/jprante/elasticsearch-client) > > My main motivation was creating a minimal ingest client which is able to > push data into ES while staying compatible to the XContentBuilder API but > without being dependent on the Lucene jars. Using the QueryBuilder API > requires Lucene. > > Because of the smaller footprint, an Android ES client might also be > easier to evolve, continuing the effort of > [GitHub - karussell/ElasticSearch4Android: ElasticSearch for Android - experiment to get it running ...](https://github.com/karussell/ElasticSearch4Android) > > But also, this client code can be integrated into such environments you > mention. Personally I think that an integration into Vaadin which uses GWT > would be a good thing, for building pure Java solutions where the ES > cluster is encapsulated in a backend. > > Of course, for Javascript ES clients, the more straightforward method is > to set up a proxy to control the access to port 9200 and let jQuery and the > like do their Ajax requests to the ES REST API. > > Best regards, > > Jörg > > On Wednesday, September 26, 2012 4:34:55 PM UTC+2, ian mayo wrote: > > > Hi, > > have you considered the contribution that JEST may make to a GWT > > interface for Elasticsearch? > > > > GWT compiles Java to client-side Javascript. On the presumption that > > JEST is collating JSON payloads that represent Elasticsearch queries, then > > I believe the JSON collation part of the library could be written in a GWT > > compliant subset of Java. This subset could then be used by GWT client > > applications as an easier way of collating Elasticsearch queries. > > > > Just a thought, > > Ian > > > > On Tuesday, 25 September 2012 13:56:36 UTC+1, ferhatsb wrote: > > > > > Hi All! > > > > > > We are proud to announce Jest, a Java client for Elasticsearch rest > > > interface. [GitHub - searchbox-io/Jest: Elasticsearch Java Rest Client.](https://github.com/searchbox-io/Jest) > > > > [...] > > > > > All comments, feedbacks are welcomed. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Ferhat. > > > [www.searchbox.io](http://www.searchbox.io) -- ---
**Author:** ![MMM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/0ea827/32.png) [@MMM](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MMM)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 8:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ann-jest-elasticsearch-java-rest-client/9135/9 "2012-09-27T08:02:58Z")
Hello there, I have created ES thin client based on Jackson + HttpClient for our company. I don't think, that it's good to work with a lot of strings in client. I have based my structure on real ES client. The only reason we have done this was the missing ES Java client. We don't want to have all the _lucene, cluster, joda, netty_ ... classes in each our application (war/ear). Example: new ESSearchRequestBuilder( httpClient, pretty) .setIndices("index\_name") .setTypes("index type") .sourceBuilder( new ESSearchSourceBuilder() .page(1, 10) .query(ESQueryBuilders.boolQuery() .must(ESQueryBuilders.nestedQuery("path", ESQueryBuilders.queryString("query"))) .must(ESQueryBuilders.termQuery("field", "value")) .must(ESQueryBuilders.queryString(prepareWildcardQuery("query")).field("field")) ) .sort("field", ESSortOrder.ASC) ) .request() .getResponse(); As Response comes ESSearchResponse Java Object where T ist the source object. Means we are working just with java objects and with help of Jackson is all transformed to JSON/parsed from JSON. On Tuesday, September 25, 2012 2:56:36 PM UTC+2, ferhatsb wrote: > Hi All! > > We are proud to announce Jest, a Java client for Elasticsearch rest > interface. [GitHub - searchbox-io/Jest: Elasticsearch Java Rest Client.](https://github.com/searchbox-io/Jest) > > It is useful when you need to work with Java/JVM and do not have access > Elasticsearch via native Java API. > For now it covers core API but rest of the API also in development. > > Check out sample Java application > [https://github.com/searchbox-io/java-jest-sample](https://github.com/searchbox-io/java-jest-sample) with basic search > feature of Elasticsearch. > > All comments, feedbacks are welcomed. > > I want give a special thanks to @dogukansonmez[https://twitter.com/dogukansonmez](https://twitter.com/dogukansonmez)for his hard work to make this real. > > We also invite you to use [www.searchbox.io](http://www.searchbox.io). Elasticsearch as service, > build by nerds for nerds! > > Regards, > Ferhat. > [www.searchbox.io](http://www.searchbox.io) -- ---
**Author:** ![Saikat\_Kanjilal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Saikat\_Kanjilal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Saikat_Kanjilal)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 9:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ann-jest-elasticsearch-java-rest-client/9135/10 "2013-04-08T21:44:04Z")
Ferhat et al, First of Ferhat thanks for this client, it is really handy. On another note I am using version 0.0.3 and am running into some issues, we have a tomcat rest service that abstracts away our elasticsearch infrastructure, we are using spring and autowiring in the JestClientFactory, when we go to perform a search or an insert we basically call getObject to get a JestClient object. The code works fine under normal circumstances, however under a perf test it falls over with the following tomcat error: org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JloEndpoint - Socket accept failed java.net.SocketException: Too many open files Code for insert: if(isEmpty(documents)) { return null; } Bulk bulk = new Bulk(); for(Document document : documents) { bulk.addIndex(new Index.Builder(document).index(getIndex().toLowerCase()).type(getType()).id((String)document.get("id")).build()); } JestClient jestClient=(JestClient)getJestClientFactory().getObject(); JestResult result=jestClient.execute(bulk); if (!result.isSucceeded()) { logger.error("IndexDocumentCommand::the bulk operation to index documents failed with message"+result.getErrorMessage()); } else { logger.error("IndexDocumentCommand::the bulk operation to index documents succeeded with message"+result.getJsonString()); } I dont believe I am doing anything out of the ordinary here, any thoughts on this? Also I have checked the ulimit on the vm's in our dev environment and increased that to a large number. Also please let me know if I should use another forum to talk to the Jest folks, my apologies if this is not the right place. Thanks for your help on this. Regards On Tuesday, September 25, 2012 5:56:36 AM UTC-7, ferhatsb wrote: > Hi All! > > We are proud to announce Jest, a Java client for Elasticsearch rest > interface. [GitHub - searchbox-io/Jest: Elasticsearch Java Rest Client.](https://github.com/searchbox-io/Jest) > > It is useful when you need to work with Java/JVM and do not have access > Elasticsearch via native Java API. > For now it covers core API but rest of the API also in development. > > Check out sample Java application > [https://github.com/searchbox-io/java-jest-sample](https://github.com/searchbox-io/java-jest-sample) with basic search > feature of Elasticsearch. > > All comments, feedbacks are welcomed. > > I want give a special thanks to @dogukansonmez[https://twitter.com/dogukansonmez](https://twitter.com/dogukansonmez)for his hard work to make this real. > > We also invite you to use [www.searchbox.io](http://www.searchbox.io). Elasticsearch as service, > build by nerds for nerds! > > Regards, > Ferhat. > [www.searchbox.io](http://www.searchbox.io) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![Meriem\_Rezgui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@Meriem\_Rezgui](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Meriem_Rezgui)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 1:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ann-jest-elasticsearch-java-rest-client/9135/11 "2016-07-26T13:17:24Z")
hello @ferhatsb the link [https://github.com/searchbox-io/java-jest-sample](https://github.com/searchbox-io/java-jest-sample) does not work anymore and it would help me a lot if i took a look on it thanks ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 10:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ann-jest-elasticsearch-java-rest-client/9135/12 "2017-07-05T22:32:52Z")