# Stream instead of filepath in indexing

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/stream-instead-of-filepath-in-indexing/78766>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 15, 2017, 9:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/stream-instead-of-filepath-in-indexing/78766 "2017-03-15T21:01:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![ESCoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@ESCoder](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ESCoder)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 9:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/stream-instead-of-filepath-in-indexing/78766/1 "2017-03-15T21:01:35Z")

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Hi,

I have the data available as a stream rather than as a file.  
Is there a way to set stream as a source instead of providing a file path for indexing?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2017, 7:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/stream-instead-of-filepath-in-indexing/78766/2 "2017-03-16T07:48:19Z")

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Depends what you use to index the data.

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**Author:** ![ESCoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@ESCoder](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ESCoder)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 2:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/stream-instead-of-filepath-in-indexing/78766/3 "2017-03-17T14:42:55Z")

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We'll be using ES version 5.2 and version 5 NEST client.

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**Author:** ![ZillaG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/zillag/32/10505_2.png) [@ZillaG](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ZillaG)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 4:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/stream-instead-of-filepath-in-indexing/78766/4 "2017-03-17T16:55:58Z")

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Are you talking about a tcp or udp stream?

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**Author:** ![ESCoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@ESCoder](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ESCoder)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 5:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/stream-instead-of-filepath-in-indexing/78766/5 "2017-03-17T17:12:46Z")

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No, i mean an actual FileStream object...instead of the file path.

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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:** [April 14, 2017, 5:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/stream-instead-of-filepath-in-indexing/78766/6 "2017-04-14T17:13:34Z")

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