# What happened to the .Net client? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Tags:** language-clients\ **Created:** [October 30, 2023, 7:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-happened-to-the-net-client/346068 "2023-10-30T19:48:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eric\_Paul](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/eric_paul/32/47825_2.png) [@Eric\_Paul](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Eric_Paul)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 7:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-happened-to-the-net-client/346068/1 "2023-10-30T19:48:40Z")
OK it's been a bit since I coded against elasticsearch. Now it looks like there is a new client to replace nest. But the documentation is severely lacking. I don't see any examples of code except for the most basic stuff. Is elasticsearch abandoning .net? The client has changed so much that it seems any knowledge I had of version 7 is completely useless in version 8. Can you please post some better documentation? ---
**Author:** ![carly.richmond](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/carly.richmond/32/104935_2.png) [@carly.richmond](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/carly.richmond)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2023, 11:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-happened-to-the-net-client/346068/2 "2023-10-31T11:24:01Z")
Hi @Eric_Paul, Welcome back! Thanks for sharing your feedback on the .Net client examples. I agree there is a significant change in the client from version 7 to 8 of the client. This is due to a redesign. We have had feedback from others too that more examples would be helpful with the .Net client, and they are very much lacking at the moment. I do agree, and I get the frustration. We have raised it back to the team and are looking to improve the examples. Appreciate you taking the time to give feedback! ---
**Author:** ![Eric\_Paul](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/eric_paul/32/47825_2.png) [@Eric\_Paul](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Eric_Paul)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2023, 2:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-happened-to-the-net-client/346068/3 "2023-11-04T14:21:45Z")
I did finally manage to figure it out but it took a lot of pouring through source to find the answers. I hope they catch up on the documentation soon. Our company's preferred doc/json db is elasticsearch but as a .net shop it would be difficult for me to recommend building new solutions around elasticsearch 8. Thanks for passing the info along. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2023, 2:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-happened-to-the-net-client/346068/4 "2023-12-02T14:21:57Z")
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