# Is there a way to bulk upload without logstash - tried elasticsearch-py and stuck

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-way-to-bulk-upload-without-logstash-tried-elasticsearch-py-and-stuck/81722>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 9, 2017, 6:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-way-to-bulk-upload-without-logstash-tried-elasticsearch-py-and-stuck/81722 "2017-04-09T18:36:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Wayne\_Taylor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/wayne_taylor/32/45984_2.png) [@Wayne\_Taylor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Wayne_Taylor)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2017, 6:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-way-to-bulk-upload-without-logstash-tried-elasticsearch-py-and-stuck/81722/1 "2017-04-09T18:36:56Z")

</div>

All,

Is there a way to bulk upload without logstash e.g. lets say it would be impossible for me to setup a logstash server but had ability to run a AWS Lambda to push to ES Hosted Elasticsearch?

I am trying following but completely stuck:

```
from elasticsearch import Elasticsearch
from elasticsearch import helpers
import json
from datetime import datetime
import cx_Oracle

con = cx_Oracle.connect('user/password@host/service')
print con.version

sql = "select field1, field2 from table_a where os.datetimestamp_created >= sysdate - interval '10' minute"

cur = con.cursor()
cur.execute(sql)
columns = [column[0] for column in cur.description]

print columns
results = []

for row in cur.fetchall():
    results.append(dict(zip(columns,row)))

print results

es = Elasticsearch(
['https://eshost.us-east-1.aws.found.io:9243'],
http_auth=('elastic','password')
)

cur.close()
con.close()

```

Appreciate help, i'm stuck. Can Lambda be used? If not why not? What alternatives do i have?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2017, 10:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-way-to-bulk-upload-without-logstash-tried-elasticsearch-py-and-stuck/81722/2 "2017-04-10T10:01:27Z")

</div>

Hey,

yes it is possible. You might want to take a look at this blog post and the tools used in there

> **[Serverless Elasticsearch Curator on AWS Lambda](https://www.elastic.co/blog/serverless-elasticsearch-curator-on-aws-lambda)**
>
> How to use Python, AWS Lambda, and Elasticsearch Curator to manage indices in a serverless computing environment.

--Alex

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2017, 10:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-way-to-bulk-upload-without-logstash-tried-elasticsearch-py-and-stuck/81722/3 "2017-05-08T10:06:43Z")

</div>

This topic was automatically closed 28 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.