# Lightweight alternative to the java client

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lightweight-alternative-to-the-java-client/119013
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [February 8, 2018, 10:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lightweight-alternative-to-the-java-client/119013 "2018-02-08T10:01:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author: ![aclowkey](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aclowkey/32/51020_2.png) [@aclowkey](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aclowkey)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2018, 10:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lightweight-alternative-to-the-java-client/119013/1 "2018-02-08T10:01:41Z")

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Hi,

Using the Java client of ElasticSearch seems to be depdneded on the whole Elasticsearch and Lucene, etc.  
This seems to make the server application twice as heavy.. Are there alternatives to that library, except manually building JSONs for Http Request.

Also is there a git issue regarding making the query builders independent of the elastic core?

Thanks

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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: [February 8, 2018, 12:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lightweight-alternative-to-the-java-client/119013/2 "2018-02-08T12:45:47Z")

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Yes. It is the plan indeed.

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### Author: ![aclowkey](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aclowkey/32/51020_2.png) [@aclowkey](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aclowkey)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2018, 2:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lightweight-alternative-to-the-java-client/119013/3 "2018-02-08T14:21:32Z")

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Can you link me to the issue? Or it doesn't exist yet

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### Author: ![val](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/val/32/138203_2.png) [@val](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/val)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2018, 2:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lightweight-alternative-to-the-java-client/119013/4 "2018-02-08T14:23:06Z")

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This one should give you some insights:

> <https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/27205>

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### Author: ![Ivan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/df788c/32.png) [@Ivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ivan)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2018, 3:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lightweight-alternative-to-the-java-client/119013/5 "2018-02-08T15:44:44Z")

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The Jest REST library has minimal dependencies.

> **[searchbox-io/Jest](https://github.com/searchbox-io/Jest)**
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> Jest - Elasticsearch Java Rest Client.

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### Author: ![aclowkey](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aclowkey/32/51020_2.png) [@aclowkey](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aclowkey)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2018, 10:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lightweight-alternative-to-the-java-client/119013/6 "2018-02-09T10:39:51Z")

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This is what I've been looking for!  
Thanks

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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: [March 9, 2018, 10:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lightweight-alternative-to-the-java-client/119013/7 "2018-03-09T10:39:55Z")

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