# Simple Node program using official library takes long time to terminate

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/simple-node-program-using-official-library-takes-long-time-to-terminate/15440>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 28, 2014, 2:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/simple-node-program-using-official-library-takes-long-time-to-terminate/15440 "2014-01-28T02:27:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johny\_Lam](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/johny_lam/32/1487_2.png) [@Johny\_Lam](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Johny_Lam)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 2:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/simple-node-program-using-official-library-takes-long-time-to-terminate/15440/1 "2014-01-28T02:27:14Z")

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I have a simple program:

elasticsearch = require('elasticsearch');

client = new elasticsearch.Client({  
hosts: 'localhost:9200',  
log: 'trace'  
});

client.ping({  
requestTimeout: 1000,  
// undocumented params are appended to the query string  
hello: "elasticsearch!"  
}, function (error) {  
if (error) {  
console.error('elasticsearch cluster is down!');  
} else {  
console.log('All is well');  
}  
});

It's just code taken from the elastic search website. But it takes several  
minutes to terminate on its own.

Is there something else I need to include to terminate the program? I've  
tried adding client.close() at the end but that doesn't do the trick.

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 1:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/simple-node-program-using-official-library-takes-long-time-to-terminate/15440/2 "2017-07-06T01:54:30Z")

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Closed on July 6, 2017, 1:54am UTC