# Request when Elasticsearch is finished indexing document

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/request-when-elasticsearch-is-finished-indexing-document/94492>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 25, 2017, 2:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/request-when-elasticsearch-is-finished-indexing-document/94492 "2017-07-25T14:33:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![esUser2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a698b9/32.png) [@esUser2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/esUser2)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2017, 2:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/request-when-elasticsearch-is-finished-indexing-document/94492/1 "2017-07-25T14:33:12Z")

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Is it possible through a call to find out when a document is finished indexing in Elasticsearch? I want to reload my displayed results when this has happened.

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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:** [July 25, 2017, 3:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/request-when-elasticsearch-is-finished-indexing-document/94492/2 "2017-07-25T15:02:30Z")

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You can call index with `refresh=wait_for` parameter so you know when the document is available for searching: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.5/docs-refresh.html#\_literal\_refresh\_wait\_for\_literal\_can\_force\_a\_refresh](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.5/docs-refresh.html#_literal_refresh_wait_for_literal_can_force_a_refresh)

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**Author:** ![esUser2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a698b9/32.png) [@esUser2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/esUser2)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2017, 6:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/request-when-elasticsearch-is-finished-indexing-document/94492/3 "2017-07-25T18:24:58Z")

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Thanks! That works great.

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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 22, 2017, 6:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/request-when-elasticsearch-is-finished-indexing-document/94492/4 "2017-08-22T18:24:59Z")

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