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elastic/elasticsearch-js

Official Elasticsearch client library for Node.js

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Updated 2 hours ago
Type:Library / SDKCategory(s):Search Engines & Vector DatabasesDatabases & Storage
Added to GitGenius on April 7th, 2021
Created on June 21st, 2013
Open Issues & Pull Requests: 21 (+0)
GitHub issues: Enabled
Number of forks: 722
Total Stargazers: 5,289 (+0)
Total Subscribers: 401 (+0)

Repository Insights (GitGenius)

Median issue/PR response: 32.2 hours
Mean response time: 77.7 days
90th percentile: 155.0 days
Tracked items: 130

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Maintainer activity

5 people did triage or write work on this repository in the last 12 months.

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How this project is maintained

Roughly one issue in three opened in the past year never receives a reply. Work labelled "tracking" is answered fastest, typically in about 21 hours, while "Category: Enhancement" waits about 4 weeks. 76% of issues opened in the past year have been closed, leaving a working backlog. Three people close 89% of everything that gets resolved.

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Issue Activity (beta)

Open issues: 19
New in 7 days: 0
Closed in 7 days: 0
Avg open age: 313 days
Stale 30+ days: 15
Stale 90+ days: 7

Recent activity

Opened in 7 days: 0
Closed in 7 days: 0
Comments in 7 days: 0
Events in 7 days: 0

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  • Category: Bug (57)
  • Category: Enhancement (36)
  • stale (33)
  • Area: Transport (30)
  • closed-stale (27)
  • tracking (20)
  • Area: Helpers (18)
  • Category: Feature (18)

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Detailed Description

Elasticsearch-js is the official Node.js client library for Elasticsearch.

The client solves the problem of communicating with Elasticsearch servers from Node.js applications by providing a TypeScript-based interface to the Elasticsearch REST API. It handles the low-level details of connecting to Elasticsearch instances, constructing requests, and parsing responses, allowing developers to focus on their search and indexing logic. The library supports standard operations including index creation, document indexing, retrieval, searching, updating, and deletion.

Developers should choose this client if they are building Node.js applications that need to interact with Elasticsearch. It is the officially maintained library, ensuring compatibility with Elasticsearch versions and alignment with the broader Elastic Stack ecosystem. The client maintains forward compatibility with newer Elasticsearch minor versions, though new features in Elasticsearch require corresponding client updates to be fully supported. Node.js applications requiring minimum version 20 can adopt this library.

The project's maintainers respond to new issues and pull requests within a few days. Work in the issue tracker centers on bug fixes, enhancements, and transport layer improvements.