# ElasticSearch Exception Handling

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-exception-handling/11826>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 6, 2013, 7:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-exception-handling/11826 "2013-05-06T07:00:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![dave1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bc79bd/32.png) [@dave1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dave1)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2013, 7:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-exception-handling/11826/1 "2013-05-06T07:00:19Z")

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I want to throw an exception when the elasticsearch client is not connected to its server or whenever it is not able to index the data to the server.

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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, 2:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-exception-handling/11826/2 "2017-07-06T02:38:10Z")

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