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Elasticsearch

ToolJet allows you to connect to your Elasticsearch cluster to perform data read/write operations and execute various queries.

Connection​

To connect to an Elasticsearch data source in ToolJet, you can either click the + Add new data source button on the query panel or navigate to the Data Sources page in the ToolJet dashboard.

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Please make sure the Host/IP of the database is accessible from your VPC if you have self-hosted ToolJet. If you are using ToolJet cloud, please whitelist our IP.

To connect to your Elasticsearch cluster, the following details are required:

  • Host
  • Port
  • Username
  • Password
Elasticsearch Connection

ToolJet also supports SSL certificate-based connections:

  • CA certificate
  • Client certificate

Querying Elasticsearch​

  1. Click the + Add button in the query manager at the bottom of the editor and select the Elasticsearch data source added earlier.
  2. Choose the operation you want to perform on your Elasticsearch cluster.
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Query results can be transformed using transformations. Refer to our transformations documentation for more details: link

Supported Operations​

ToolJet supports the following Elasticsearch operations:

This operation executes a search query and returns matching search hits. For more details, see the Elasticsearch search guide here.

Required Parameter​

  • Index: The name of the index to search in.
  • Query: The search query in JSON format.

Optional Parameter​

  • Scroll: Scroll time.
Elastic search

Example:​

Index: books
Query: { "query": { "match": { "title": "The Great Gatsby" } }, "size": 20 }
Scroll: 1m # Can be in the format of 1m, 1h, 1d.

Index a Document​

This operation adds a JSON document to the specified index or data stream. For more details, see the Elasticsearch index guide here.

Required Parameter​

  • Index: The name of the index to add the document to
  • Body: The document body in JSON format
Elastic index

Example:​

Index: books
Body:
  {
    "title": "1984",
    "author": "George Orwell",
    "year": 1949,
    "genre": "Dystopian Fiction",
  }

Get a Document​

This operation retrieves the specified JSON document from the index. For more details, see the Elasticsearch get guide here.

Required Parameter​

  • Index: The name of the index to get the document from
  • Id: The ID of the document to retrieve
Elastic get document

Example:​

Index: books
Id: FJXTSZEBsuzUn2y4wZ-W

Update a Document​

This operation updates a document using the specified script. For more details, see the Elasticsearch update guide here.

Required Parameter​

  • Index: The name of the index containing the document
  • Id: The ID of the document to update
  • Body: The update script or partial document in JSON format
Elastic update

Example:​

Index: books
Id: FJXTSZEBsuzUn2y4wZ-W
Body:
{
  "doc": {
    "title": "1984",
    "author": "George Orwell",
    "year": 1949,
    "genre": "Fiction"
  }
}

Delete a Document​

This operation removes a JSON document from the specified index. For more details, see the Elasticsearch delete guide here.

Required Parameter​

  • Index: The name of the index containing the document
  • Id: The ID of the document to delete
Elastic delete

Example:​

Index: books
Id: FJXTSZEBsuzUn2y4wZ-W

Bulk Operation​

This operation performs multiple index/update/delete operations in a single API call. For more details, see the Elasticsearch bulk guide here.

Required Parameter​

  • Operations: The bulk operations to perform in JSON format
Elastic bulk

Example:​

[
  { "index": { "_index": "books", "_id": "book1" } },
  {
    "title": "The Great Gatsby",
    "author": "F. Scott Fitzgerald",
    "year": 1925,
  },
  { "delete": { "_index": "books", "_id": "book2" } },
  { "index": { "_index": "books", "_id": "book3" } },
  { "title": "Moby-Dick", "author": "Herman Melville", "year": 1851 },
  { "delete": { "_index": "books", "_id": "book4" } },
]

Count Documents​

This operation returns the number of matches for a search query. For more details, see the Elasticsearch count guide here.

Required Parameter​

  • Index: The name of the index to count documents in.

Optional Parameter​

  • Query: The query to filter documents in JSON format
Elastic count

Example:​

{ "query": { "range": { "timestamp": { "gte": 1901 } } } }

Check Document Existence​

This operation checks if a document exists in an index. For more details, see the Elasticsearch exists guide here.

Required Parameter:​

  • Index: The name of the index to check for document existence
  • Id: The ID of the document to check
Elastic exists

Example:​

Index: books
Id: FJXTSZEBsuzUn2y4wZ-W

Multi Get​

This operation retrieves multiple documents in a single request. For more details, see the Elasticsearch multi-get guide here.

Required Parameter​

  • Operations: The multi-get operations to perform in JSON format
Elastic multi get

Example:​

{
  "docs":
    [
      { "_index": "books", "_id": "book124" },
      { "_index": "books", "_id": "book125" },
    ],
}

This operation retrieves large numbers of results from a single search request. For more details, see the Elasticsearch scroll guide here.

Required Parameter​

  • Scroll ID: The scroll ID for the search
  • Scroll: The scroll time
Elastic scroll

Example:​

Scroll ID: DXF1ZXJ5QW5kRmV0Y2gBAAAAAAAAOWQWYm9vbDItY1NCOUExal9TcTBjeUEyZw
Scroll: 60m

Clear Scroll​

This operation clears the search context for a scroll. For more details, see the Elasticsearch clear scroll guide here.

Required Parameter​

  • Scroll ID: The scroll ID to clear
Elastic clear scroll

Example:​

Scroll ID: DXF1ZXJ5QW5kRmV0Y2gBAAAAAAAAOWQWYm9vbDItY1NCOUExal9TcTBjeUEyZw

Get Cat Indices​

This operation provides a compact, column-aligned view of indices in a cluster. For more details, see the Elasticsearch cat indices guide here.

Elastic cat indices
Response Example
{
  "body": [
    {
      "health": "yellow",
      "status": "open",
      "index": "1",
      "uuid": "JQOzqxK7Rdar7ROOlqXwkA",
      "pri": "1",
      "rep": "1",
      "docs.count": "2",
      "docs.deleted": "0",
      "store.size": "9.2kb",
      "pri.store.size": "9.2kb"
    },
    {
      "health": "yellow",
      "status": "open",
      "index": "recipes",
      "uuid": "eNGdAsG4TMWvs9f0eLERlQ",
      "pri": "1",
      "rep": "1",
      "docs.count": "20",
      "docs.deleted": "0",
      "store.size": "30kb",
      "pri.store.size": "30kb"
    },
    {
      "health": "yellow",
      "status": "open",
      "index": "read_me",
      "uuid": "EbE4V-5RRE2y-_P4z_auVQ",
      "pri": "1",
      "rep": "1",
      "docs.count": "1",
      "docs.deleted": "0",
      "store.size": "5.1kb",
      "pri.store.size": "5.1kb"
    }
  ],
  "statusCode": 200,
  "headers": {
    "x-elastic-product": "Elasticsearch",
    "content-type": "application/json",
    "content-length": "558"
  },
  "meta": {
    "context": null,
    "request": {
      "params": {
        "method": "GET",
        "path": "/_cat/indices",
        "body": null,
        "querystring": "format=json",
        "headers": {
          "user-agent": "opensearch-js/1.2.0 (linux 6.5.0-1021-aws-x64; Node.js v22.15.1)"
        },
        "timeout": 30000
      },
      "options": {},
      "id": 1
    },
    "name": "opensearch-js",
    "connection": {
      "url": "http://xx.2xx.183.199:9200/",
      "id": "http://xx.2xx.183.199:9200/",
      "headers": {},
      "deadCount": 0,
      "resurrectTimeout": 0,
      "_openRequests": 0,
      "status": "alive",
      "roles": {
        "master": true,
        "data": true,
        "ingest": true
      }
    },
    "attempts": 0,
    "aborted": false
  }
}

Get Cluster Health​

This operation retrieves the status of the cluster’s health. For more details, see the Elasticsearch cluster health guide here.

Elastic cluster health
Response Example
{
  "body": {
    "cluster_name": "docker-cluster",
    "status": "yellow",
    "timed_out": false,
    "number_of_nodes": 1,
    "number_of_data_nodes": 1,
    "active_primary_shards": 10,
    "active_shards": 10,
    "relocating_shards": 0,
    "initializing_shards": 0,
    "unassigned_shards": 3,
    "delayed_unassigned_shards": 0,
    "number_of_pending_tasks": 0,
    "number_of_in_flight_fetch": 0,
    "task_max_waiting_in_queue_millis": 0,
    "active_shards_percent_as_number": 76.92307692307693
  },
  "statusCode": 200,
  "headers": {
    "x-elastic-product": "Elasticsearch",
    "content-type": "application/json",
    "content-length": "405"
  },
  "meta": {
    "context": null,
    "request": {
      "params": {
        "method": "GET",
        "path": "/_cluster/health",
        "body": null,
        "querystring": "",
        "headers": {
          "user-agent": "opensearch-js/1.2.0 (linux 6.5.0-1021-aws-x64; Node.js v22.15.1)"
        },
        "timeout": 30000
      },
      "options": {},
      "id": 1
    },
    "name": "opensearch-js",
    "connection": {
      "url": "http://xx.2xx.183.199:9200/",
      "id": "http://xx.2xx.183.199:9200/",
      "headers": {},
      "deadCount": 0,
      "resurrectTimeout": 0,
      "_openRequests": 0,
      "status": "alive",
      "roles": {
        "master": true,
        "data": true,
        "ingest": true
      }
    },
    "attempts": 0,
    "aborted": false
  }
}