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ElasticSearch Cookbook

By : Alberto Paro
Book Image

ElasticSearch Cookbook

By: Alberto Paro

Overview of this book

ElasticSearch is one of the most promising NoSQL technologies available and is built to provide a scalable search solution with built-in support for near real-time search and multi-tenancy. This practical guide is a complete reference for using ElasticSearch and covers 360 degrees of the ElasticSearch ecosystem. We will get started by showing you how to choose the correct transport layer, communicate with the server, and create custom internal actions for boosting tailored needs. Starting with the basics of the ElasticSearch architecture and how to efficiently index, search, and execute analytics on it, you will learn how to extend ElasticSearch by scripting and monitoring its behaviour. Step-by-step, this book will help you to improve your ability to manage data in indexing with more tailored mappings, along with searching and executing analytics with facets. The topics explored in the book also cover how to integrate ElasticSearch with Python and Java applications. This comprehensive guide will allow you to master storing, searching, and analyzing data with ElasticSearch.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
ElasticSearch Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Introduction


ElasticSearch has a powerful way to extend its capabilities with custom scripts that can be written in several programming languages. The most common ones are MVEL, JavaScript, and Python.

We already have a taste of the scripting capabilities of ElasticSearch, in the previous chapter, using scripting for facets. In this chapter we will see how it's possible to create custom scoring algorithms, special processed return fields, custom sorting or complex update operations on records.

The scripting concept of ElasticSearch can be seen as an advanced stored procedures system in the NoSQL world; so, for an advanced use of ElasticSearch, it is very important to master it.