# Elasticsearch Spark plugin

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-spark-plugin/116460>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 22, 2018, 9:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-spark-plugin/116460 "2018-01-22T09:55:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tomas\_Law](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b2d939/32.png) [@Tomas\_Law](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tomas_Law)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 9:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-spark-plugin/116460/1 "2018-01-22T09:55:09Z")

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Hello,

I want to use Spark SQL to query data in Elasticsearch but, from what I read, it's necessary to build a complete Hadoop structure to be able to connect Elasticsearch to Spark using the elasticsearch-hadoop connector. Is this true?

Is it possible to connect a standalone Spark instance to Elasticsearch?

Or, from a different point of view, is it possible to use Elasticsearch API to connect to a Spark instance?

Thank you,  
Tomás

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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:** [February 19, 2018, 9:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-spark-plugin/116460/2 "2018-02-19T09:55:22Z")

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