# Best way to check a document has been indexed **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [November 20, 2014, 10:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-way-to-check-a-document-has-been-indexed/20863 "2014-11-20T10:31:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![asanchez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/46a35a/32.png) [@asanchez](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/asanchez)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 10:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-way-to-check-a-document-has-been-indexed/20863/1 "2014-11-20T10:31:08Z")
Hello, I'm developing a piece of code that inserts a document into an elastcisearch server. The code uses libcurl to setup an HTTP request and capture the response. So, in order to check wether a document has been properly indexed, what is the official or proper way to do it? This is an example of a correct indexed document response: HTTP/1.1 201 Created Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8 Content-Length: 92 {"\_index":"someindex","\_type":"sometype","\_id":"fsAx6qXcQGCSrY1DWvQACw","\_version":1,"created":true} Should my program check that first header line contains "201 Created", what should happen if a 3xx redirection occurs? should I consider it as properly indexed too? Or instead should I just ignore the header and just check that the last part of the body string equals ' "created":true} ' ? Thank you! -- 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). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/3b1ea5c6-61bf-4ce4-976a-705e17f3927f%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/3b1ea5c6-61bf-4ce4-976a-705e17f3927f%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![vineeth\_mohan\_2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vineeth_mohan_2/32/747_2.png) [@vineeth\_mohan\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vineeth_mohan_2)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 12:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-way-to-check-a-document-has-been-indexed/20863/2 "2014-11-20T12:58:50Z")
Hi , Just check if its 200 ( Indexed ) or 201 ( Created ) . HTTP status code alone should be sufficient. Thanks Vineeth On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 4:01 PM, asanchez [asanchez1987@gmail.com](mailto:asanchez1987@gmail.com) wrote: > Hello, > > I'm developing a piece of code that inserts a document into an > elastcisearch server. The code uses libcurl to setup an HTTP request and > capture the response. > So, in order to check wether a document has been properly indexed, what is > the official or proper way to do it? > > This is an example of a correct indexed document response: > > HTTP/1.1 201 Created > Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8 > Content-Length: 92 > > {"\_index":"someindex","\_type":"sometype","\_id":"fsAx6qXcQGCSrY1DWvQACw","\_version":1,"created":true} > > Should my program check that first header line contains "201 Created", > what should happen if a 3xx redirection occurs? should I consider it as > properly indexed too? > > Or instead should I just ignore the header and just check that the last > part of the body string equals ' "created":true} ' ? > > Thank you! > > -- > 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). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/3b1ea5c6-61bf-4ce4-976a-705e17f3927f%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/3b1ea5c6-61bf-4ce4-976a-705e17f3927f%40googlegroups.com) > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/3b1ea5c6-61bf-4ce4-976a-705e17f3927f%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/3b1ea5c6-61bf-4ce4-976a-705e17f3927f%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > . > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- 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). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAGdPd5nMsA%3DkFzSGwApWK-5f8mUmK8YdJuvKn\_Zct7yn550Aeg%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAGdPd5nMsA%3DkFzSGwApWK-5f8mUmK8YdJuvKn_Zct7yn550Aeg%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**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, 12:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-way-to-check-a-document-has-been-indexed/20863/3 "2017-07-06T00:48:42Z")