# Map the structure of a directory (files and subdirectories) in an ES index **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [April 25, 2018, 2:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/map-the-structure-of-a-directory-files-and-subdirectories-in-an-es-index/129512 "2018-04-25T14:33:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Maxclac](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/maxclac/32/29107_2.png) [@Maxclac](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Maxclac)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 2:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/map-the-structure-of-a-directory-files-and-subdirectories-in-an-es-index/129512/1 "2018-04-25T14:33:17Z")
Hello everyone! I am new to Elasticsearch and I have a general question: Is it possible to use ES as a search engine, where all the files of a given directory would be a document in a index? Is there a plugin for that? Thank you a lot! ---
**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 25, 2018, 7:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/map-the-structure-of-a-directory-files-and-subdirectories-in-an-es-index/129512/2 "2018-04-25T19:30:32Z")
FSCrawler might be what you are looking for. Have a look at this option: [https://github.com/dadoonet/fscrawler#indexing-json-docs](https://github.com/dadoonet/fscrawler#indexing-json-docs) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 7:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/map-the-structure-of-a-directory-files-and-subdirectories-in-an-es-index/129512/3 "2018-05-23T19:30:37Z")
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