# IndicesExistsResponse.isExists() not working for embedded ElasticSearch instance **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [December 12, 2014, 12:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indicesexistsresponse-isexists-not-working-for-embedded-elasticsearch-instance/21226 "2014-12-12T00:30:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Saurabh\_Saxena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Saurabh\_Saxena](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Saurabh_Saxena)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 12:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indicesexistsresponse-isexists-not-working-for-embedded-elasticsearch-instance/21226/1 "2014-12-12T00:30:23Z")
Hi, I am using the following java code to create instance of ElasticSearch instance and create a index called "testindex". Node node = NodeBuilder.nodeBuilder().settings(ImmutableSettings.settingsBuilder() .put("path.data", "/etc/elasticsearch") .put("cluster.name", "testcluster")) .node(); Client client = node.client(); IndicesAdminClient indices = client.admin().indices(); IndicesExistsResponse res = indices.prepareExists("testindex").execute().actionGet(); if(res.isExists()){ //Everytime getting value as false CreateIndexRequestBuilder createIndexRequestBuilder = indices.prepareCreate("testindex"); createIndexRequestBuilder.execute().actionGet(); // Erring out with IndexAlreadyExistsException } Before creating the index I am checking whether index exists or not, I only create the index if it exists. Second time when I am running the above code, it fails with IndexAlreadyExistsException. It seems like the IndicesExistsResponse.isExists() is not behaving correctly. Above code works fine if default elasticsearch.yml file is present in the classpath. IndicesExistResponse.isExists() returns true if elasticsearch.yml is in the classpath. Any workaround to resolve the issues ? Regards, Saurabh Saxena -- 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/7b7a3e91-b023-4412-8c59-504fdb427369%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7b7a3e91-b023-4412-8c59-504fdb427369%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Saurabh\_Saxena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Saurabh\_Saxena](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Saurabh_Saxena)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 12:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indicesexistsresponse-isexists-not-working-for-embedded-elasticsearch-instance/21226/2 "2014-12-12T00:37:06Z")
I am using version v1.4.0. On Thursday, December 11, 2014 4:30:23 PM UTC-8, Saurabh Saxena wrote: > Hi, > > I am using the following java code to create instance of Elasticsearch > instance and create a index called "testindex". > > Node node = > NodeBuilder.nodeBuilder().settings(ImmutableSettings.settingsBuilder() > .put("path.data", > "/etc/elasticsearch") > .put("cluster.name", > "testcluster")) > .node(); > Client client = node.client(); > IndicesAdminClient indices = client.admin().indices(); > IndicesExistsResponse res = > indices.prepareExists("testindex").execute().actionGet(); > if(res.isExists()){ //Everytime getting value as false > CreateIndexRequestBuilder createIndexRequestBuilder = > indices.prepareCreate("testindex"); > createIndexRequestBuilder.execute().actionGet(); // Erring out with > IndexAlreadyExistsException > } > > Before creating the index I am checking whether index exists or not, I > only create the index if it exists. > Second time when I am running the above code, it fails with > IndexAlreadyExistsException. > It seems like the IndicesExistsResponse.isExists() is not behaving > correctly. > > Above code works fine if default elasticsearch.yml file is present in the > classpath. IndicesExistResponse.isExists() returns true if > elasticsearch.yml is in the classpath. > > Any workaround to resolve the issues ? > > Regards, > Saurabh Saxena -- 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/38d97ae1-5df9-4c46-8cb5-e79f1d6c588d%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/38d97ae1-5df9-4c46-8cb5-e79f1d6c588d%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**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:** [December 12, 2014, 6:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indicesexistsresponse-isexists-not-working-for-embedded-elasticsearch-instance/21226/3 "2014-12-12T06:08:59Z")
May be with: if(!res.isExists()) 🙂 David > Le 12 déc. 2014 à 01:37, Saurabh Saxena [sausax@gmail.com](mailto:sausax@gmail.com) a écrit : > > I am using version v1.4.0. > > > On Thursday, December 11, 2014 4:30:23 PM UTC-8, Saurabh Saxena wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am using the following java code to create instance of Elasticsearch instance and create a index called "testindex". > > > > Node node = NodeBuilder.nodeBuilder().settings(ImmutableSettings.settingsBuilder() > > .put("path.data", "/etc/elasticsearch") > > .put("cluster.name", "testcluster")) > > .node(); > > Client client = node.client(); > > IndicesAdminClient indices = client.admin().indices(); > > IndicesExistsResponse res = indices.prepareExists("testindex").execute().actionGet(); > > if(res.isExists()){ //Everytime getting value as false > > CreateIndexRequestBuilder createIndexRequestBuilder = indices.prepareCreate("testindex"); > > createIndexRequestBuilder.execute().actionGet(); // Erring out with IndexAlreadyExistsException > > } > > > > Before creating the index I am checking whether index exists or not, I only create the index if it exists. > > Second time when I am running the above code, it fails with IndexAlreadyExistsException. > > It seems like the IndicesExistsResponse.isExists() is not behaving correctly. > > > > Above code works fine if default elasticsearch.yml file is present in the classpath. IndicesExistResponse.isExists() returns true if elasticsearch.yml is in the classpath. > > > > Any workaround to resolve the issues ? > > > > Regards, > > Saurabh Saxena > > -- > 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/38d97ae1-5df9-4c46-8cb5-e79f1d6c588d%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/38d97ae1-5df9-4c46-8cb5-e79f1d6c588d%40googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- 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/B9D0EA90-EC69-4EC1-92BD-024D480CB00F%40pilato.fr](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/B9D0EA90-EC69-4EC1-92BD-024D480CB00F%40pilato.fr). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Saurabh\_Saxena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Saurabh\_Saxena](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Saurabh_Saxena)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 7:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indicesexistsresponse-isexists-not-working-for-embedded-elasticsearch-instance/21226/4 "2014-12-12T07:32:22Z")
Hi David, I made mistake while copying, it is actually if(!res.isExists()) - Saurabh On Thursday, December 11, 2014 10:09:11 PM UTC-8, David Pilato wrote: > May be with: > > if(!res.isExists()) > > 🙂 > > David > > Le 12 déc. 2014 à 01:37, Saurabh Saxena \<[sau...@gmail.com](mailto:sau...@gmail.com) \\> > a écrit : > > I am using version v1.4.0. > > On Thursday, December 11, 2014 4:30:23 PM UTC-8, Saurabh Saxena wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I am using the following java code to create instance of Elasticsearch > > instance and create a index called "testindex". > > > > Node node = > > NodeBuilder.nodeBuilder().settings(ImmutableSettings.settingsBuilder() > > .put("path.data", > > "/etc/elasticsearch") > > .put("cluster.name", > > "testcluster")) > > .node(); > > Client client = node.client(); > > IndicesAdminClient indices = client.admin().indices(); > > IndicesExistsResponse res = > > indices.prepareExists("testindex").execute().actionGet(); > > if(res.isExists()){ //Everytime getting value as false > > CreateIndexRequestBuilder createIndexRequestBuilder = > > indices.prepareCreate("testindex"); > > createIndexRequestBuilder.execute().actionGet(); // Erring out with > > IndexAlreadyExistsException > > } > > > > Before creating the index I am checking whether index exists or not, I > > only create the index if it exists. > > Second time when I am running the above code, it fails with > > IndexAlreadyExistsException. > > It seems like the IndicesExistsResponse.isExists() is not behaving > > correctly. > > > > Above code works fine if default elasticsearch.yml file is present in the > > classpath. IndicesExistResponse.isExists() returns true if > > elasticsearch.yml is in the classpath. > > > > Any workaround to resolve the issues ? > > > > Regards, > > Saurabh Saxena > > -- > 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 [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com) \. > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/38d97ae1-5df9-4c46-8cb5-e79f1d6c588d%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/38d97ae1-5df9-4c46-8cb5-e79f1d6c588d%40googlegroups.com) > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/38d97ae1-5df9-4c46-8cb5-e79f1d6c588d%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/38d97ae1-5df9-4c46-8cb5-e79f1d6c588d%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > . > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- 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/0f91ac48-e08a-47ff-9243-c69c5bffc470%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/0f91ac48-e08a-47ff-9243-c69c5bffc470%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**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:** [December 12, 2014, 7:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indicesexistsresponse-isexists-not-working-for-embedded-elasticsearch-instance/21226/5 "2014-12-12T07:36:22Z")
Ha! TBH I prefer to do a try catch (IndexAlreadyExistsException) then testing first. Will try to reproduce your case. Is it the actual code you are running? David > Le 12 déc. 2014 à 08:32, Saurabh Saxena [sausax@gmail.com](mailto:sausax@gmail.com) a écrit : > > Hi David, > > I made mistake while copying, it is actually > > if(!res.isExists()) > > - Saurabh > > > On Thursday, December 11, 2014 10:09:11 PM UTC-8, David Pilato wrote: > > May be with: > > > > if(!res.isExists()) > > > > 🙂 > > > > David > > > > > Le 12 déc. 2014 à 01:37, Saurabh Saxena [sau...@gmail.com](mailto:sau...@gmail.com) a écrit : > > > > > > I am using version v1.4.0. > > > > > > > On Thursday, December 11, 2014 4:30:23 PM UTC-8, Saurabh Saxena wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I am using the following java code to create instance of Elasticsearch instance and create a index called "testindex". > > > > > > > > Node node = NodeBuilder.nodeBuilder().settings(ImmutableSettings.settingsBuilder() > > > > .put("path.data", "/etc/elasticsearch") > > > > .put("cluster.name", "testcluster")) > > > > .node(); > > > > Client client = node.client(); > > > > IndicesAdminClient indices = client.admin().indices(); > > > > IndicesExistsResponse res = indices.prepareExists("testindex").execute().actionGet(); > > > > if(res.isExists()){ //Everytime getting value as false > > > > CreateIndexRequestBuilder createIndexRequestBuilder = indices.prepareCreate("testindex"); > > > > createIndexRequestBuilder.execute().actionGet(); // Erring out with IndexAlreadyExistsException > > > > } > > > > > > > > Before creating the index I am checking whether index exists or not, I only create the index if it exists. > > > > Second time when I am running the above code, it fails with IndexAlreadyExistsException. > > > > It seems like the IndicesExistsResponse.isExists() is not behaving correctly. > > > > > > > > Above code works fine if default elasticsearch.yml file is present in the classpath. IndicesExistResponse.isExists() returns true if elasticsearch.yml is in the classpath. > > > > > > > > Any workaround to resolve the issues ? > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Saurabh Saxena > > > > > > -- > > > 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 [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com). > > > To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/38d97ae1-5df9-4c46-8cb5-e79f1d6c588d%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/38d97ae1-5df9-4c46-8cb5-e79f1d6c588d%40googlegroups.com). > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > -- > 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/0f91ac48-e08a-47ff-9243-c69c5bffc470%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/0f91ac48-e08a-47ff-9243-c69c5bffc470%40googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- 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/817A14A6-3902-4852-8EBF-6961A8026AC1%40pilato.fr](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/817A14A6-3902-4852-8EBF-6961A8026AC1%40pilato.fr). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Saurabh\_Saxena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Saurabh\_Saxena](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Saurabh_Saxena)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 9:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indicesexistsresponse-isexists-not-working-for-embedded-elasticsearch-instance/21226/6 "2014-12-12T09:02:23Z")
To move forward with my work I am catching IndexAlreadyExistsException and ignoring it. But I think this is bug. Yes, this a actual code. Added complete java file. On Thursday, December 11, 2014 11:36:31 PM UTC-8, David Pilato wrote: > Ha! > > TBH I prefer to do a try catch (IndexAlreadyExistsException) then testing > first. > Will try to reproduce your case. > > Is it the actual code you are running? > > David > > Le 12 déc. 2014 à 08:32, Saurabh Saxena \<[sau...@gmail.com](mailto:sau...@gmail.com) \\> > a écrit : > > Hi David, > > I made mistake while copying, it is actually > > if(!res.isExists()) > > - Saurabh > > On Thursday, December 11, 2014 10:09:11 PM UTC-8, David Pilato wrote: > > > May be with: > > > > if(!res.isExists()) > > > > 🙂 > > > > David > > > > Le 12 déc. 2014 à 01:37, Saurabh Saxena [sau...@gmail.com](mailto:sau...@gmail.com) a écrit : > > > > I am using version v1.4.0. > > > > On Thursday, December 11, 2014 4:30:23 PM UTC-8, Saurabh Saxena wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I am using the following java code to create instance of Elasticsearch > > > instance and create a index called "testindex". > > > > > > Node node = > > > NodeBuilder.nodeBuilder().settings(ImmutableSettings.settingsBuilder() > > > .put("path.data", > > > "/etc/elasticsearch") > > > .put("cluster.name", > > > "testcluster")) > > > .node(); > > > Client client = node.client(); > > > IndicesAdminClient indices = client.admin().indices(); > > > IndicesExistsResponse res = > > > indices.prepareExists("testindex").execute().actionGet(); > > > if(res.isExists()){ //Everytime getting value as false > > > CreateIndexRequestBuilder createIndexRequestBuilder = > > > indices.prepareCreate("testindex"); > > > createIndexRequestBuilder.execute().actionGet(); // Erring out with > > > IndexAlreadyExistsException > > > } > > > > > > Before creating the index I am checking whether index exists or not, I > > > only create the index if it exists. > > > Second time when I am running the above code, it fails with > > > IndexAlreadyExistsException. > > > It seems like the IndicesExistsResponse.isExists() is not behaving > > > correctly. > > > > > > Above code works fine if default elasticsearch.yml file is present in > > > the classpath. IndicesExistResponse.isExists() returns true if > > > elasticsearch.yml is in the classpath. > > > > > > Any workaround to resolve the issues ? > > > > > > Regards, > > > Saurabh Saxena > > > > -- > > 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 [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com). > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/38d97ae1-5df9-4c46-8cb5-e79f1d6c588d%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/38d97ae1-5df9-4c46-8cb5-e79f1d6c588d%40googlegroups.com) > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/38d97ae1-5df9-4c46-8cb5-e79f1d6c588d%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/38d97ae1-5df9-4c46-8cb5-e79f1d6c588d%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > . > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > -- > > 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 [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com) \. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/0f91ac48-e08a-47ff-9243-c69c5bffc470%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/0f91ac48-e08a-47ff-9243-c69c5bffc470%40googlegroups.com) > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/0f91ac48-e08a-47ff-9243-c69c5bffc470%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/0f91ac48-e08a-47ff-9243-c69c5bffc470%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > . > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- 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/142f5f24-5331-42b7-b426-1102a4663fc9%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/142f5f24-5331-42b7-b426-1102a4663fc9%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, 12:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indicesexistsresponse-isexists-not-working-for-embedded-elasticsearch-instance/21226/7 "2017-07-06T00:43:57Z")