# ElasticSearch river Plugins implementation benefits

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-river-plugins-implementation-benefits/12790>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 15, 2013, 2:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-river-plugins-implementation-benefits/12790 "2013-07-15T14:29:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Thomas\_Bolis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/thomas_bolis/32/700_2.png) [@Thomas\_Bolis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Thomas_Bolis)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 2:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-river-plugins-implementation-benefits/12790/1 "2013-07-15T14:29:51Z")

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Hi,

I'm new with ElasticSearch and I'm trying to get the insight by reviewing  
its code. I want to implement a river plugin in order to read a file source  
and add these documents to ES. I have seen some similar implementations  
through the community that do the same thing (fsriver, CSV).

What I wanted to ask is what is the actual benefit from doing it within an  
ElasticSearch plugin instead of just using the Java API provided and a  
separate client? Since the actual code utilizes the BulkRequestBuilder.  
Will the load of uploading the data be spread into the cluster? Is it  
possible to elaborate on what other benefits i will get by implementing it  
as a river plugin?

Thank you very much

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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, 2:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-river-plugins-implementation-benefits/12790/2 "2017-07-06T02:26:27Z")

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Closed on July 6, 2017, 2:26am UTC