# Incorrect HTTP method for uri **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Tags:** language-clients\ **Created:** [December 9, 2022, 8:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/incorrect-http-method-for-uri/320931 "2022-12-09T20:27:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![someusername](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@someusername](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/someusername)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 8:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/incorrect-http-method-for-uri/320931/1 "2022-12-09T20:27:12Z")
Hello, I want to connect using the python client but I can't figure out what's wrong. ```python from elasticsearch import Elasticsearch endpoint = 'https://foo.gcp.cloud.es.io:443/search-addresses/_doc?pipeline=ent-search-generic-ingestion' api_key = "bar" api_id = "1568085128" es_client = Elasticsearch( endpoint, api_key=(api_id, api_key), ) print(es_client.info()) es_client.info() ``` What's the issue? I literally don't understand it. I use the endpoint given to me, I use the api key given to me, I use the python client given to me - why would I get an HTTP request error? ---
**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 9:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/incorrect-http-method-for-uri/320931/2 "2022-12-09T21:27:34Z")
> [@someusername](#): > > `https://foo.gcp.cloud.es.io:443/search-addresses/_doc?pipeline=ent-search-generic-ingestion` Because that is not the base endpoint. That's an endpoint to actually ingest document and call an ingest pipeline not to just initiate a client connection. The endpoint is just `https://foo.gcp.cloud.es.io:443` Perhaps try that... and make sure you get the correct endpoint as there is an `es.` and `kb.` for elasticsearch and kibana respectively `https://mydeployment.es.us-west1.gcp.cloud.es.io` `.....................^^` Note: I do think it is important to put the port `:443` on the end because some of the clients if a port is not specified it will add `:9200` which is the default elasticsearch port ... but not for Elastic Cloud because of HTTPs And you can always get the endpoint from the cloud console ![Screen Shot 2022-12-09 at 1.51.09 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/2/b/2bca1e3c260802c46b80ddbd76d55130f0ca3d15.png) ---
**Author:** ![someusername](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@someusername](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/someusername)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2022, 7:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/incorrect-http-method-for-uri/320931/3 "2022-12-10T19:14:21Z")
Thanks, I don't think I've ever seen what you show in the screenshot though. I'll give it another try. ---
**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2022, 8:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/incorrect-http-method-for-uri/320931/4 "2022-12-10T20:29:41Z")
That's from the elastic cloud console where you set up your elastic cloud account and the elastic cloud deployments. Long story short, it's just a base URL plus 443 that reste of That stuff is actually part of a different API call ---
**Author:** ![someusername](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@someusername](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/someusername)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2022, 4:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/incorrect-http-method-for-uri/320931/5 "2022-12-11T16:01:18Z")
Ok so I tried it and I simply can't get it working. I'm so buffled that there isn't simply a straight forward explanation. 1. Are my parameters for the `Elastrichsearch()` correct? 2. I use the `gcp.cloud.es.io:443` endpoint, correct? 3. I Create a new API key. The value is the actualy key but what is the id? I tried both, the `name` and the `user`. I still get 401. I really really don't understand the issue. Why can't I simply connect by API key like you'd do it when using curl? ---
**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2022, 4:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/incorrect-http-method-for-uri/320931/6 "2022-12-11T16:07:53Z")
Take a look at this ... > [@Connecting to Elasticsearch node in Elastic cloud through python promt](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connecting-to-elasticsearch-node-in-elastic-cloud-through-python-promt/289028/4): > > I just did this from elasticsearch import Elasticsearch # you can use RFC-1738 to specify the url # ... or specify common parameters as kwargs es = Elasticsearch( cloud\_id="mycluster:sdfgsdfgdsfgdsfglvdsfgsdfgdsfgmNiM2JkNzRjNDY3JGIxZTUyOWEwNTBkNjRkODZhMzIxZTBhMjU3YjRlODhh", http\_auth=("elastic", "dsfgsdfgsdfgg"), ) output = es.info(), print(output, end=" ") and it worked fine... This also worked fine... es = Elasticsearch( cloud\_id="mycluster:sdfgsdfgdsfgdsfgsdfgsdfgsdfgsdfg… OK I just tested this and all works as expected. ```auto POST /_security/api_key { "name": "my-discuss-api-key", "expiration": "1d", "role_descriptors": { "role-a": { "cluster": ["all"] } } } # Result { "id": "sadfasdfGGJCaJCcrUTy", "name": "my-discuss-api-key", "expiration": 1670861752818, "api_key": "asfdasdf9YOve4r3g", "encoded": "cXlINEFZVUJHR0pDYUpDY3JVVHk6Q3JEeTNfbC1SdHVEMzlZT3ZlNHIzZw==" } ``` Both Options Work ```auto from elasticsearch import Elasticsearch es = Elasticsearch( "https://my-demo-cluster.es.us-west1.gcp.cloud.es.io:443", api_key=("sadfasdfGGJCaJCcrUTy", "asfdasdf9YOve4r3g"), ) # es = Elasticsearch( # cloud_id="my-demo-cluster:asdfsadfasdfkLmVzLmlvJDA1M2Y1MWYwMDViOTRjNDA4NGMzNmNiM2JkNzRjNDY3JGIxZTUyOWEwNTBkNjRkODZhMzIxZTBhMjU3YjRlODhh", # api_key=("sadfasdfGGJCaJCcrUTy", "asfdasdf9YOve4r3g"), # ) output = es.info(), print(output, end=" ") ``` ```auto (ObjectApiResponse({'name': 'instance-0000000095', 'cluster_name': 'sadfsadf4c4084c36cb3bd74c467', 'cluster_uuid': 'sadfsadfa-k2eXlBQ', 'version': {'number': '8.5.3', 'build_flavor': 'default', 'build_type': 'docker', 'build_hash': '4ed5ee9afac63de92ec98f404ccbed7d3ba9584e', 'build_date': '2022-12-05T18:22:22.226119656Z', 'build_snapshot': False, 'lucene_version': '9.4.2', 'minimum_wire_compatibility_version': '7.17.0', 'minimum_index_compatibility_version': '7.0.0'}, 'tagline': 'You Know, for Search'}),) ``` **Exactly** what error are you getting. when you state it is not working you have to show the exact code and the error messages otherwise we are just guessing. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 4:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/incorrect-http-method-for-uri/320931/7 "2023-01-08T16:08:14Z")
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