# How to serialize/deserialize action requests to/from json? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [June 1, 2012, 8:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-serialize-deserialize-action-requests-to-from-json/7940 "2012-06-01T08:14:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![benny\_sadeh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/benny_sadeh/32/2797_2.png) [@benny\_sadeh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/benny_sadeh)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 8:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-serialize-deserialize-action-requests-to-from-json/7940/1 "2012-06-01T08:14:26Z")
hi group, I was hunting through the java api for a way to serialize/deserialize any action request to/from json (IndexRequest / DeleteRequest / etc.) and could not find any, which I find surprising as the rest api does parse json payload. the context for such need is using a messaging bus (ie AMQP) to execute indexing requests. what I'm ending doing right now is using a bytearray payload, by using the request.writeTo(StreamOutput) on the producer side and request.readFrom(StreamInput) on the consumer side (which also mandates parsing the StreamInput header first to figure out the request type). I would very very much prefer to use json as the payload, if only for debugging/troubleshooting purposes. anyone know how to accomplish that or have used another strategy? thanks in advance, Benny ---
**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 9:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-serialize-deserialize-action-requests-to-from-json/7940/2 "2012-06-03T09:52:09Z")
There ins't a need for it in elasticsearch (serializing the action requests to json), so its not implemented. On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 10:14 AM, benny.sadeh [benny.sadeh@gmail.com](mailto:benny.sadeh@gmail.com) wrote: > hi group, > > I was hunting through the java api for a way to serialize/deserialize > any action request to/from json (IndexRequest / DeleteRequest / etc.) > and could not find any, which I find surprising as the rest api does > parse json payload. > > the context for such need is using a messaging bus (ie AMQP) to > execute indexing requests. > what I'm ending doing right now is using a bytearray payload, by using > the request.writeTo(StreamOutput) on the producer side and > request.readFrom(StreamInput) on the consumer side (which also > mandates parsing the StreamInput header first to figure out the > request type). > > I would very very much prefer to use json as the payload, if only for > debugging/troubleshooting purposes. > anyone know how to accomplish that or have used another strategy? > > thanks in advance, > Benny ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Beck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@Justin\_Beck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Justin_Beck)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 9:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-serialize-deserialize-action-requests-to-from-json/7940/3 "2015-01-07T21:36:22Z")
I was looking for the same thing. I need to execute the same ES action (index, create index, delete, etc.) in 3 separate environments (all isolated and firewalled). We have a queue that spans environments, so it would be easy to have a listener pull a request, build the action and execute it. I can do this myself using Kryo or something similar, but seems like I'm missing a really easy way to do it. Let me know if I have. J On Sunday, June 3, 2012 5:52:09 AM UTC-4, kimchy wrote: > There ins't a need for it in elasticsearch (serializing the action > requests to json), so its not implemented. > > On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 10:14 AM, benny.sadeh \<[benny...@gmail.com](mailto:benny...@gmail.com) > \\> wrote: > > > hi group, > > > > I was hunting through the java api for a way to serialize/deserialize > > any action request to/from json (IndexRequest / DeleteRequest / etc.) > > and could not find any, which I find surprising as the rest api does > > parse json payload. > > > > the context for such need is using a messaging bus (ie AMQP) to > > execute indexing requests. > > what I'm ending doing right now is using a bytearray payload, by using > > the request.writeTo(StreamOutput) on the producer side and > > request.readFrom(StreamInput) on the consumer side (which also > > mandates parsing the StreamInput header first to figure out the > > request type). > > > > I would very very much prefer to use json as the payload, if only for > > debugging/troubleshooting purposes. > > anyone know how to accomplish that or have used another strategy? > > > > thanks in advance, > > Benny -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/9d430ff8-6fdd-4755-8a83-f3cb9c1dd6fb%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/9d430ff8-6fdd-4755-8a83-f3cb9c1dd6fb%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**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, 12:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-serialize-deserialize-action-requests-to-from-json/7940/4 "2017-07-06T00:40:14Z")