# Attachments Plugin: Who uses it?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/attachments-plugin-who-uses-it/3095>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 14, 2010, 12:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/attachments-plugin-who-uses-it/3095 "2010-07-14T12:00:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 12:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/attachments-plugin-who-uses-it/3095/1 "2010-07-14T12:00:52Z")

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Hi,

```
A quick poll: Who uses the attachments plugin and what types do you use

```

it for (pdf, html, ...)? Which types would you rank as the most important  
for you?

-shay.banon

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**Author:** ![James\_Cook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@James\_Cook](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/James_Cook)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 2:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/attachments-plugin-who-uses-it/3095/2 "2010-07-14T14:34:53Z")

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Not using it currently, but I plan to write a Transfer service for Alfresco  
which will push documents into ES. We will be indexing all of the MS office  
formats (doc, xls and ppt) and PDF. Of these, the most important for us to  
be searchable are the PDF files.

Aside question, can I upload large binary files using the REST api if I am  
using the attachments plugin? Is that a standard HTTP Post action?

On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 8:00 AM, Shay Banon [shay.banon@elasticsearch.com](mailto:shay.banon@elasticsearch.com)wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> ```
> A quick poll: Who uses the attachments plugin and what types do you use
> 
> ```
> 
> it for (pdf, html, ...)? Which types would you rank as the most important  
> for you?
> 
> -shay.banon

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**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 5:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/attachments-plugin-who-uses-it/3095/3 "2010-07-14T17:36:36Z")

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You can upload large files, but indexing is not streamed, meaning it will be  
buffered in memory within elasticsearch before it gets indexed.

-shay.banon

On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 5:34 PM, James Cook [jcook@tracermedia.com](mailto:jcook@tracermedia.com) wrote:

> Not using it currently, but I plan to write a Transfer service for Alfresco  
> which will push documents into ES. We will be indexing all of the MS office  
> formats (doc, xls and ppt) and PDF. Of these, the most important for us to  
> be searchable are the PDF files.
> 
> Aside question, can I upload large binary files using the REST api if I am  
> using the attachments plugin? Is that a standard HTTP Post action?
> 
> On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 8:00 AM, Shay Banon [shay.banon@elasticsearch.com](mailto:shay.banon@elasticsearch.com)wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > ```
> > A quick poll: Who uses the attachments plugin and what types do you
> > 
> > ```
> > 
> > use it for (pdf, html, ...)? Which types would you rank as the most  
> > important for you?
> > 
> > -shay.banon

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 4:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/attachments-plugin-who-uses-it/3095/4 "2017-07-06T04:22:16Z")

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