# How to import elastic search source code into eclipse
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-import-elastic-search-source-code-into-eclipse/49988
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [May 13, 2016, 9:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-import-elastic-search-source-code-into-eclipse/49988 "2016-05-13T09:56:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Vajb12](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vajb12)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2016, 9:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-import-elastic-search-source-code-into-eclipse/49988/1 "2016-05-13T09:56:15Z")
Hi Team,
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Could you please let me know if there is any documentation available which details how to import elasticsearch source code into eclipse. Im trying to import elasticsearch2.2.1 into eclipse
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I have downloaded the source code for elastic search from the link [https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/tags](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/tags).
When I try to import the project to eclipse, and when I point the downloaded source code, there are a lot of pom.xml available in the project. Im not sure which one to select and import. Any help on this is much appreciated.
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2016, 10:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-import-elastic-search-source-code-into-eclipse/49988/2 "2016-05-13T10:18:20Z")
It's a multimodule project.
So it basically depends on what you want to do.
For example, if you are working on a plugin, you just have to open the plugin. Maven will pull other modules from maven central repo.
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### Author:  [@Vajb12](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vajb12)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2016, 10:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-import-elastic-search-source-code-into-eclipse/49988/3 "2016-05-13T10:54:52Z")
Thanks for the information David. Im basically trying to check, how I can directly import json data into elastic search without using logstash etc. I also wanted to understand how elasticsearch stores the imported data and maintains it.
It would be great if you can provide a link/ documentation which details about the multiple modules used and how it works as a whole.
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2016, 11:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-import-elastic-search-source-code-into-eclipse/49988/4 "2016-05-13T11:59:58Z")
That's a huge task IMO.
I'd look at [Elasticsearch Clients | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/index.html) instead.
> It would be great if you can provide a link/ documentation which details about the multiple modules used and how it works as a whole.
I don't. It's a maven thing. Not specifically related to elasticsearch.
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### Author:  [@nik9000](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nik9000)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2016, 12:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-import-elastic-search-source-code-into-eclipse/49988/5 "2016-05-13T12:18:48Z")
I believe there is important documentation in contributing.asviidoc.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2017, 10:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-import-elastic-search-source-code-into-eclipse/49988/6 "2017-07-05T22:51:49Z")