# Is it possible to have Elastic Search Index Listener

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-have-elastic-search-index-listener/47458>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 15, 2016, 5:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-have-elastic-search-index-listener/47458 "2016-04-15T05:02:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Visva\_Ram](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c68b51/32.png) [@Visva\_Ram](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Visva_Ram)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 5:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-have-elastic-search-index-listener/47458/1 "2016-04-15T05:02:19Z")

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Hi i want to listen the elastic search index and I need notification or document to who is listening the index. I don't know elastic support this. Please give advise for this or any alternative for this.

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 5:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-have-elastic-search-index-listener/47458/2 "2016-04-15T05:24:44Z")

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What, exactly, do you mean by "listen"? Do you want to get notified for different kinds of events like document additions or deletions?

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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:** [April 15, 2016, 5:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-have-elastic-search-index-listener/47458/3 "2016-04-15T05:25:06Z")

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Not yet: [https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/1242](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/1242)

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**Author:** ![Visva\_Ram](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c68b51/32.png) [@Visva\_Ram](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Visva_Ram)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 7:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-have-elastic-search-index-listener/47458/4 "2016-04-15T07:16:48Z")

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yes, I want event and also inserted document. is it possible?

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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, 10:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-have-elastic-search-index-listener/47458/5 "2017-07-05T22:59:01Z")

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