# Where is the host identifier?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-is-the-host-identifier/230779>\
**Category:** Elastic Search\
**Tags:** elastic-app-search\
**Created:** [May 2, 2020, 12:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-is-the-host-identifier/230779 "2020-05-02T00:45:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![JasonStoltz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jasonstoltz/32/49893_2.png) [@JasonStoltz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JasonStoltz)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 12:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-is-the-host-identifier/230779/10 "2020-05-05T12:20:55Z")

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Make sure you exclude the `https` from the `base_endpoint` parameter: [Not able to connect to App search from Python script](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-connect-to-app-search-from-python-script/230579/9)

I've updated the example in the README to make that clearer. Sorry for the confusion.

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