# Thift Java API and Maven **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [August 10, 2011, 1:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/thift-java-api-and-maven/5112 "2011-08-10T13:41:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ed\_Brown\_VSTI](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/77aa72/32.png) [@Ed\_Brown\_VSTI](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ed_Brown_VSTI)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 1:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/thift-java-api-and-maven/5112/1 "2011-08-10T13:41:52Z")
Hello. I'm experimenting with ElasticSearch and want to experiment with the Java API and the Thift connection. I've installed the Thrift plugin and when I start ElasticSearch, I see that it starts the Thrift transport. When I included the Thrift dependency in the Maven POM, Maven complains with: "Missing artifact org.elasticsearch:es-libthrift:jar:0.6.1:compile" The Maven dependency used follows: org.elasticsearch elasticsearch-transport-thrift 0.17.1 jar Your help is appreciated. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 2:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/thift-java-api-and-maven/5112/2 "2011-08-10T14:03:27Z")
What are you trying to do? If oyu want to connect to elasticsearch using hte Java API, you don't need thrift, you can connect using the "native" connection by constructing a client. If you want to use thrift, you need to build your own thrift bindings and use thrift lib yourself. Note, the thrift API is a simple wrapper around the REST API, its similar in nature to connecting using HTTP. On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 4:41 PM, Ed Brown VSTI [edbrownvsti@gmail.com](mailto:edbrownvsti@gmail.com)wrote: > Hello. > I'm experimenting with Elasticsearch and want to experiment with the > Java API and the Thift connection. > > I've installed the Thrift plugin and when I start Elasticsearch, I see > that it starts the Thrift transport. When I included the Thrift > dependency in the Maven POM, Maven complains with: "Missing artifact > org.elasticsearch:es-libthrift:jar:0.6.1:compile" > > The Maven dependency used follows: > > org.elasticsearch elasticsearch-transport-thrift 0.17.1 jar > > Your help is appreciated. > Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_Brown\_VSTI](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/77aa72/32.png) [@Ed\_Brown\_VSTI](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ed_Brown_VSTI)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 5:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/thift-java-api-and-maven/5112/3 "2011-08-10T17:56:54Z")
I'm trying to determine the most performant method of doing indexing and thought I understood using the Thrift transport was faster. On Aug 10, 10:03 am, Shay Banon [kim...@gmail.com](mailto:kim...@gmail.com) wrote: > What are you trying to do? If oyu want to connect to elasticsearch using hte > Java API, you don't need thrift, you can connect using the "native" > connection by constructing a client. If you want to use thrift, you need to > build your own thrift bindings and use thrift lib yourself. Note, the thrift > API is a simple wrapper around the REST API, its similar in nature to > connecting using HTTP. > > On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 4:41 PM, Ed Brown VSTI [edbrownv...@gmail.com](mailto:edbrownv...@gmail.com)wrote: > > > Hello. > > I'm experimenting with Elasticsearch and want to experiment with the > > Java API and the Thift connection. > > > I've installed the Thrift plugin and when I start Elasticsearch, I see > > that it starts the Thrift transport. When I included the Thrift > > dependency in the Maven POM, Maven complains with: "Missing artifact > > org.elasticsearch:es-libthrift:jar:0.6.1:compile" > > > The Maven dependency used follows: > > > org.elasticsearch elasticsearch-transport-thrift 0.17.1 jar > > > Your help is appreciated. > > Thanks.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - ---
**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/thift-java-api-and-maven/5112/4 "2011-08-10T18:16:23Z")
If you use Java, then the "pure" Java API is the fastest. HTTP as a transport is actually not that slow, its just that some clients perform badly with it. On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 8:56 PM, Ed Brown VSTI [edbrownvsti@gmail.com](mailto:edbrownvsti@gmail.com)wrote: > I'm trying to determine the most performant method of doing indexing > and thought I understood using the Thrift transport was faster. > > On Aug 10, 10:03 am, Shay Banon [kim...@gmail.com](mailto:kim...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > What are you trying to do? If oyu want to connect to elasticsearch using > > hte > > Java API, you don't need thrift, you can connect using the "native" > > connection by constructing a client. If you want to use thrift, you need > > to > > build your own thrift bindings and use thrift lib yourself. Note, the > > thrift > > API is a simple wrapper around the REST API, its similar in nature to > > connecting using HTTP. > > > > On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 4:41 PM, Ed Brown VSTI \<[edbrownv...@gmail.com](mailto:edbrownv...@gmail.com) > > wrote: > > > > > Hello. > > > I'm experimenting with Elasticsearch and want to experiment with the > > > Java API and the Thift connection. > > > > > I've installed the Thrift plugin and when I start Elasticsearch, I see > > > that it starts the Thrift transport. When I included the Thrift > > > dependency in the Maven POM, Maven complains with: "Missing artifact > > > org.elasticsearch:es-libthrift:jar:0.6.1:compile" > > > > > The Maven dependency used follows: > > > > > org.elasticsearch elasticsearch-transport-thrift 0.17.1 jar > > > > > Your help is appreciated. > > > Thanks.- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - ---
**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/thift-java-api-and-maven/5112/5 "2011-08-10T18:16:41Z")
One more thing, the Java API uses an internal communication transport, not HTTP. On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 9:16 PM, Shay Banon [kimchy@gmail.com](mailto:kimchy@gmail.com) wrote: > If you use Java, then the "pure" Java API is the fastest. HTTP as a > transport is actually not that slow, its just that some clients perform > badly with it. > > On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 8:56 PM, Ed Brown VSTI [edbrownvsti@gmail.com](mailto:edbrownvsti@gmail.com)wrote: > > > I'm trying to determine the most performant method of doing indexing > > and thought I understood using the Thrift transport was faster. > > > > On Aug 10, 10:03 am, Shay Banon [kim...@gmail.com](mailto:kim...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > What are you trying to do? If oyu want to connect to elasticsearch using > > > hte > > > Java API, you don't need thrift, you can connect using the "native" > > > connection by constructing a client. If you want to use thrift, you need > > > to > > > build your own thrift bindings and use thrift lib yourself. Note, the > > > thrift > > > API is a simple wrapper around the REST API, its similar in nature to > > > connecting using HTTP. > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 4:41 PM, Ed Brown VSTI \<[edbrownv...@gmail.com](mailto:edbrownv...@gmail.com) > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hello. > > > > I'm experimenting with Elasticsearch and want to experiment with the > > > > Java API and the Thift connection. > > > > > > > I've installed the Thrift plugin and when I start Elasticsearch, I see > > > > that it starts the Thrift transport. When I included the Thrift > > > > dependency in the Maven POM, Maven complains with: "Missing artifact > > > > org.elasticsearch:es-libthrift:jar:0.6.1:compile" > > > > > > > The Maven dependency used follows: > > > > > > > org.elasticsearch elasticsearch-transport-thrift 0.17.1 jar > > > > > > > Your help is appreciated. > > > > Thanks.- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > - Show quoted text - ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_Brown\_VSTI](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/77aa72/32.png) [@Ed\_Brown\_VSTI](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ed_Brown_VSTI)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 6:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/thift-java-api-and-maven/5112/6 "2011-08-10T18:51:53Z")
Thank you very much for your responses. From what I can tell right now, this is a good product. On Aug 10, 2:16 pm, Shay Banon [kim...@gmail.com](mailto:kim...@gmail.com) wrote: > One more thing, the Java API uses an internal communication transport, not > HTTP. > > On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 9:16 PM, Shay Banon [kim...@gmail.com](mailto:kim...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > If you use Java, then the "pure" Java API is the fastest. HTTP as a > > transport is actually not that slow, its just that some clients perform > > badly with it. > > > On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 8:56 PM, Ed Brown VSTI [edbrownv...@gmail.com](mailto:edbrownv...@gmail.com)wrote: > > > > I'm trying to determine the most performant method of doing indexing > > > and thought I understood using the Thrift transport was faster. > > > > On Aug 10, 10:03 am, Shay Banon [kim...@gmail.com](mailto:kim...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > > > What are you trying to do? If oyu want to connect to elasticsearch using > > > > hte > > > > Java API, you don't need thrift, you can connect using the "native" > > > > connection by constructing a client. If you want to use thrift, you need > > > > to > > > > build your own thrift bindings and use thrift lib yourself. Note, the > > > > thrift > > > > API is a simple wrapper around the REST API, its similar in nature to > > > > connecting using HTTP. > > > > > On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 4:41 PM, Ed Brown VSTI \<[edbrownv...@gmail.com](mailto:edbrownv...@gmail.com) > > > > wrote: > > > > > > Hello. > > > > > I'm experimenting with Elasticsearch and want to experiment with the > > > > > Java API and the Thift connection. > > > > > > I've installed the Thrift plugin and when I start Elasticsearch, I see > > > > > that it starts the Thrift transport. When I included the Thrift > > > > > dependency in the Maven POM, Maven complains with: "Missing artifact > > > > > org.elasticsearch:es-libthrift:jar:0.6.1:compile" > > > > > > The Maven dependency used follows: > > > > > > org.elasticsearch elasticsearch-transport-thrift 0.17.1 jar > > > > > > Your help is appreciated. > > > > > Thanks.- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - ---
**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, 3:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/thift-java-api-and-maven/5112/7 "2017-07-06T03:57:34Z")