# Creating an ILM policy using python

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-an-ilm-policy-using-python/285340>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** ilm-index-lifecycle-management\
**Created:** [September 28, 2021, 10:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-an-ilm-policy-using-python/285340 "2021-09-28T10:49:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![saurab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@saurab](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/saurab)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 10:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-an-ilm-policy-using-python/285340/1 "2021-09-28T10:49:51Z")

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I have been trying to create an ILM policy using the python client. But I get an error when running the python script.

This is my code:

```auto
from datetime import datetime
from elasticsearch import Elasticsearch
from elasticsearch.Elasticsearch.client import ILMClient

es = Elasticsearch()
es_ilm = IlmClient(es)
**---- more lines of code ----**

```

But I get the following error:

```auto
C:\elasticsearchpython\datastreamilm>python create_policy.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\elasticsearchpython\datastreamilm\create_policy.py", line 3, in <module>
    from elasticsearch.Elasticsearch.client import ILMClient
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'elasticsearch.Elasticsearch'

```

How do you import the ILMClient into the python script? Also, do I need to download and install anything other than the Elasticsearch module?

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**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 28, 2021, 11:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-an-ilm-policy-using-python/285340/2 "2021-09-28T11:05:29Z")

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Welcome!

Which client version are you using?

I'm not super familiar with python but don't you have a typo between `IlmClient` and `ILMClient`.

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**Author:** ![saurab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@saurab](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/saurab)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 11:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-an-ilm-policy-using-python/285340/3 "2021-09-28T11:53:03Z")

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thank you so much. that was the mistake.

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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:** [October 26, 2021, 11:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-an-ilm-policy-using-python/285340/4 "2021-10-26T11:53:47Z")

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