Elasticsearch python library "post" a document

Question

I'm using Elasticsearch python library. The method create require an ID to index a document.

I cannot find in the documentation a method to "post" a document into an index. By post I mean a method that will take in charge the generation of the ID for me.

Is there any way to let ES generate the ID for me or do I have to generate a random ID by myself and use the create method?

Answer 1

By default, ES will auto-generate an ID for you if you don't provide one.

Since you're using the ES Python library you can leverage the index() function and not provide any ID, ES will generate one for you.

client.index(index='my_index', body=mydoc)