# Help starting: Code snippet to connect to a local node in 5.4 version

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-starting-code-snippet-to-connect-to-a-local-node-in-5-4-version/92910>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 13, 2017, 3:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-starting-code-snippet-to-connect-to-a-local-node-in-5-4-version/92910 "2017-07-13T03:13:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![juanaramis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@juanaramis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/juanaramis)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 3:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-starting-code-snippet-to-connect-to-a-local-node-in-5-4-version/92910/1 "2017-07-13T03:13:40Z")

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Hi Elasticsearchers,

Thanks in advance,

I just starting playing with some 5.4 ES codes, and I trying to figure out why PreBuiltTransportClient is not found? I'm using Ivy for dependencies management.

Is there any example having all imports and code in general?

Thanks again,

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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:** [August 10, 2017, 3:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-starting-code-snippet-to-connect-to-a-local-node-in-5-4-version/92910/2 "2017-08-10T03:13:58Z")

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