# How can I trigger some code snippet whenever a new document has been indexed?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-trigger-some-code-snippet-whenever-a-new-document-has-been-indexed/5677
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [October 25, 2011, 3:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-trigger-some-code-snippet-whenever-a-new-document-has-been-indexed/5677 "2011-10-25T15:18:48Z")
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### Author:  [@Thomas\_Peuss](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Thomas_Peuss)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2011, 3:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-trigger-some-code-snippet-whenever-a-new-document-has-been-indexed/5677/1 "2011-10-25T15:18:48Z")
Hi!
Is it possible to trigger a method whenever a new document has been
indexed? We want to feed that information into another application for
complex event processing.
CU
Thomas
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### Author:  [@vineeth\_mohan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vineeth_mohan)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2011, 3:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-trigger-some-code-snippet-whenever-a-new-document-has-been-indexed/5677/2 "2011-10-25T15:20:23Z")
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> There should be an integration point for ES and external application where the e…xternal applications should be notified of any document changes or updates that happens in ES.
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> CouchDB have a good implementation on it and it would be great if ES can also incorporate something similar or same.
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> CouchDB change notification feature - http://guide.couchdb.org/draft/notifications.html
Thanks
Vineeth
On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 8:48 PM, Thomas Peuss [thomas.peuss@nterra.com](mailto:thomas.peuss@nterra.com)wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Is it possible to trigger a method whenever a new document has been
> indexed? We want to feed that information into another application for
> complex event processing.
>
> CU
> Thomas
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### Author:  [@Thomas\_Peuss](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Thomas_Peuss)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2011, 3:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-trigger-some-code-snippet-whenever-a-new-document-has-been-indexed/5677/3 "2011-10-25T15:31:02Z")
Hi Vineeth!
On 25 Okt., 17:20, Vineeth Mohan [vineethmo...@algotree.com](mailto:vineethmo...@algotree.com) wrote:
> [Changes API · Issue #1242 · elastic/elasticsearch · GitHub](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/1242)
In other words the answer is no. I will follow the issue on github.
Thanks
Thomas
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 3:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-trigger-some-code-snippet-whenever-a-new-document-has-been-indexed/5677/4 "2017-07-06T03:51:01Z")