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How do I check whether an index exists or not using a python query?

I'm passing my index as a variable assigned outside the query as :-

 i=int(datetime.datetime.now().strftime('%d'))+1
indextring="index"
for m in range (i-10,i):
    d = datetime.datetime(2016, 10, m, 18, 00).strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
    index1=datestring+d
    subfix="_"+datetime.datetime(2016, 10, m, 18, 00).strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
    es=Elasticsearch(['localhost:9200'])
    res = **es.search(index='{0}'.format(index1)**, doc_type="log",size=10000, from_=0, body={ "query": {
    "match": {
     ....Match condition follows
      }
    }
  }})

Now, some of the index are not present for a particular date, however I want the process to run irrespective of that. I'm getting the following error when the index is not present-->

elasticsearch.exceptions.NotFoundError: TransportError(404, u'index_not_found_exception')

I'm not sure how the exception handling works in elasticsearch.

Mayank Jha
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    You should try using the [`exists` API call](https://elasticsearch-py.readthedocs.io/en/master/api.html#elasticsearch.Elasticsearch.exists) to check if an index exists. – Val Oct 28 '16 at 07:37
  • Tried it, can you look at my comment below to tcarmet's reply – Mayank Jha Oct 28 '16 at 10:51

2 Answers2

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You have to call it on indices. Currently you are using exists of search class which tells you whether given document exists in the index and not the index itself.

Try this code

if es.indices.exists(index="index"):
    Your code for search

There are also more options if you want to use.

ChintanShah25
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for i in index_list:
    if es.indices.exists(index=i):
        print("ok",i)
    else:
        print(i)

to ckeck a list of indexes if they are available or not

Zak_Stack
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