# Plugin development docs **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [September 7, 2012, 3:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plugin-development-docs/8949 "2012-09-07T03:05:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Vinicius\_Carvalho](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vinicius_carvalho/32/770_2.png) [@Vinicius\_Carvalho](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vinicius_Carvalho)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 3:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plugin-development-docs/8949/1 "2012-09-07T03:05:21Z")
Is there an official documentation for plugin development or looking at other's source code still the best place? I'm starting a new plugin, but I'm a bit lost without a javadoc or a guide to start. Any pointers? Regards -- ---
**Author:** ![Vinicius\_Carvalho](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vinicius_carvalho/32/770_2.png) [@Vinicius\_Carvalho](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vinicius_Carvalho)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 11:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plugin-development-docs/8949/2 "2012-09-08T23:05:09Z")
Sorry for bumping up this topic, but I'm looking at other's plugins to figure out how to create mine :). But one thing I could not find is an easy way to test the plugin. So far I'm depending on installing and using the logger to see if its working ☹ I'm relying on unit testing, but I'd like to use an integration test to maybe bootstrap a node and install my plugin and test it. Has anyone here managed to do something like this before? Regards On Thursday, September 6, 2012 11:05:21 PM UTC-4, Vinicius Carvalho wrote: > Is there an official documentation for plugin development or looking at > other's source code still the best place? > > I'm starting a new plugin, but I'm a bit lost without a javadoc or a guide > to start. Any pointers? > > Regards -- ---
**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:** [September 9, 2012, 3:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plugin-development-docs/8949/3 "2012-09-09T03:49:10Z")
Hi Vinicius, You could look at : [https://github.com/dadoonet/rssriver/blob/master/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/river/rss/RssRiverTest.java](https://github.com/dadoonet/rssriver/blob/master/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/river/rss/RssRiverTest.java) And mother classes : [https://github.com/dadoonet/rssriver/blob/master/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/river/rss/AbstractRssRiverSimpleTest.java](https://github.com/dadoonet/rssriver/blob/master/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/river/rss/AbstractRssRiverSimpleTest.java) [https://github.com/dadoonet/rssriver/blob/master/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/river/rss/AbstractRssRiverTest.java](https://github.com/dadoonet/rssriver/blob/master/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/river/rss/AbstractRssRiverTest.java) When you start a node from a test, it detects your plugin in classpath as you have this file in your project: src/main/resources/es-plugin.properties So, you can create whatever you want using your plugin, index and search for docs. HTH -- David 😉 Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs Le 9 sept. 2012 à 01:05, Vinicius Carvalho [viniciusccarvalho@gmail.com](mailto:viniciusccarvalho@gmail.com) a écrit : Sorry for bumping up this topic, but I'm looking at other's plugins to figure out how to create mine :). But one thing I could not find is an easy way to test the plugin. So far I'm depending on installing and using the logger to see if its working ☹ I'm relying on unit testing, but I'd like to use an integration test to maybe bootstrap a node and install my plugin and test it. Has anyone here managed to do something like this before? Regards On Thursday, September 6, 2012 11:05:21 PM UTC-4, Vinicius Carvalho wrote: Is there an official documentation for plugin development or looking at other's source code still the best place? I'm starting a new plugin, but I'm a bit lost without a javadoc or a guide to start. Any pointers? ## Regards -- ---
**Author:** ![Mohit\_Chawla](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mohit_chawla/32/2243_2.png) [@Mohit\_Chawla](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mohit_Chawla)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2012, 9:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plugin-development-docs/8949/4 "2012-09-09T09:57:21Z")
Hello, On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 8:35 AM, Vinicius Carvalho [viniciusccarvalho@gmail.com](mailto:viniciusccarvalho@gmail.com) wrote: > I'm starting a new plugin, but I'm a bit lost without a javadoc or a guide > to start. Any pointers? This nicely written example by Jorg Prante might be helpful: [http://jprante.github.com/lessons/2012/03/27/Writing-a-simple-plugin-for-Elasticsearch.html](http://jprante.github.com/lessons/2012/03/27/Writing-a-simple-plugin-for-Elasticsearch.html) -- ---
**Author:** ![Brad\_Voth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Brad\_Voth](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Brad_Voth)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 3:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plugin-development-docs/8949/5 "2012-09-10T03:58:23Z")
javadocs can be created through the javadoc:javadoc maven goal. I found this the other day and they have helped tremendously with my work. On Thursday, September 6, 2012 11:05:21 PM UTC-4, Vinicius Carvalho wrote: > Is there an official documentation for plugin development or looking at > other's source code still the best place? > > I'm starting a new plugin, but I'm a bit lost without a javadoc or a guide > to start. Any pointers? > > Regards -- ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 3:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plugin-development-docs/8949/6 "2017-07-06T03:13:29Z")