# Indexing pages from local

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indexing-pages-from-local/57461>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 8, 2016, 9:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indexing-pages-from-local/57461 "2016-08-08T09:37:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![Neetu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5e925/32.png) [@Neetu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Neetu)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 9:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indexing-pages-from-local/57461/1 "2016-08-08T09:37:34Z")

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Hi ,  
Iam trying to index pages from local folder and the pages are in different format but iam not sure how i can index those pages . Can anyone please help for the same . Iam using java and trying it in windows. elasticsearch version is 2.3.4.

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 12:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indexing-pages-from-local/57461/2 "2016-08-08T12:23:14Z")

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Not sure what you are meaning by "pages" but you could give a try to [fscrawler project](https://github.com/dadoonet/fscrawler).

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**Author:** ![Neetu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5e925/32.png) [@Neetu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Neetu)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 12:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indexing-pages-from-local/57461/3 "2016-08-08T12:54:58Z")

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i mean i have a folder in local that have some PDF,excel documents and all  
and i want to index those pages to elastic search .

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 1:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indexing-pages-from-local/57461/4 "2016-08-08T13:54:46Z")

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FSCrawler then.

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**Author:** ![Neetu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5e925/32.png) [@Neetu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Neetu)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 11:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indexing-pages-from-local/57461/5 "2016-08-09T11:09:55Z")

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how can i add a connector like FTP in elastic search?

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 12:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indexing-pages-from-local/57461/6 "2016-08-09T12:03:20Z")

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I started this a while ago: [https://github.com/dadoonet/fscrawler/issues/147](https://github.com/dadoonet/fscrawler/issues/147)

But got some issues when it comes to testing. I'll probably revisit my branch at some point.

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**Author:** ![Neetu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5e925/32.png) [@Neetu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Neetu)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 10:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indexing-pages-from-local/57461/7 "2016-08-17T10:08:12Z")

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HI ,  
i have tried FScrawler to index pages but iam getting error as below :s  
15:36:28,132 ←[33mWARN ←[m [f.p.e.c.f.u.FsCrawlerUtil] Failed to determine 'grou  
p' of C:\test\test1\Worldwide Payroll Contacts and Calendars 2015.xlsx: null

i havent used elastic search earlier so iam not pretty sure why iam getting this error . i am using elastic search 2.3.4 version and downloaded fscrawler 2.3.4 . do i need to add any other plugin as well to make it work or iam doing something wrong ?

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 11:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indexing-pages-from-local/57461/8 "2016-08-17T11:37:47Z")

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It's just a Warn. I fixed it in 2.2: [https://github.com/dadoonet/fscrawler/issues/219](https://github.com/dadoonet/fscrawler/issues/219)

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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:** [July 5, 2017, 10:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indexing-pages-from-local/57461/9 "2017-07-05T22:27:15Z")

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