# Issue in extracting all available data in index in elastic using python library elasticsearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-in-extracting-all-available-data-in-index-in-elastic-using-python-library-elasticsearch/308470>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 29, 2022, 1:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-in-extracting-all-available-data-in-index-in-elastic-using-python-library-elasticsearch/308470 "2022-06-29T13:04:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![aniketdatir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e8cbc/32.png) [@aniketdatir](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aniketdatir)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 1:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-in-extracting-all-available-data-in-index-in-elastic-using-python-library-elasticsearch/308470/1 "2022-06-29T13:04:24Z")

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Hi, I am facing below issue.

I want to extract full dump that is all available documents from index "X" using python code and save it to json file. But currently M able to extract few documents only using below command. **For this I am using elasticsearch python librarry**

res = es.search(index="X",body={"query":{"match\_all":{}}})

kindly suggest

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**Author:** ![aniketdatir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e8cbc/32.png) [@aniketdatir](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aniketdatir)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 5:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-in-extracting-all-available-data-in-index-in-elastic-using-python-library-elasticsearch/308470/2 "2022-06-30T05:09:58Z")

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Hi,

I changed the function and tried as given below.

**res = scan(es, query={"query": {"match\_all":{}}}, scroll="5m", index="X", raise\_on\_error=True, preserve\_order=False, clear\_scroll=True)**

but still not able to extract all available hits (approx 3,55,500 hits)

Kindly suggest how to extract all hits using python code

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 5:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-in-extracting-all-available-data-in-index-in-elastic-using-python-library-elasticsearch/308470/3 "2022-06-30T05:35:33Z")

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You will want to use the scan and scroll API for that, `_search` is not designed to collect every document.

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**Author:** ![aniketdatir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e8cbc/32.png) [@aniketdatir](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aniketdatir)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2022, 10:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-in-extracting-all-available-data-in-index-in-elastic-using-python-library-elasticsearch/308470/4 "2022-07-05T10:50:44Z")

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Thanks @warkolm !

Is there a way to collect every document of particular day or timestamp instead of all hits ?

Kindy suggest

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**Author:** ![aniketdatir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e8cbc/32.png) [@aniketdatir](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aniketdatir)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2022, 10:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-in-extracting-all-available-data-in-index-in-elastic-using-python-library-elasticsearch/308470/5 "2022-07-07T10:26:00Z")

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Hi team,

Is there an extension or connector through which we can extract all documents from elastic index into csv file without python code?

Kindly let me know

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2022, 10:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-in-extracting-all-available-data-in-index-in-elastic-using-python-library-elasticsearch/308470/6 "2022-07-07T10:56:10Z")

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I recall hearing about [elasticdump](https://github.com/elasticsearch-dump/elasticsearch-dump) (third party component not supported here) in the past but am not sure it supports exporting CSV and am not sure about version compatibility. Have not used it myself.

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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:** [August 4, 2022, 10:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-in-extracting-all-available-data-in-index-in-elastic-using-python-library-elasticsearch/308470/7 "2022-08-04T10:56:43Z")

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