AttributeError: module 'elasticsearch' has no attribute 'helpers'

Question

I can't access the helpers of elasticsearch while trying to push data in bulk mode. Package installed :

pip freeze
elasticsearch==5.3.0

When in my code I try to call this method :

import elasticsearch

 client = elasticsearch.Elasticsearch([config['ES']['host']],
              connection_class=elasticsearch.RequestsHttpConnection,
              http_auth=(config['ES']['userName'], config['ES']['password']),
              port=int(config['ES']['hostPort']),
              use_ssl=True,
              verify_certs=False)
 elasticsearch.helpers.bulk(client, body)

I got the following error :

AttributeError: module 'elasticsearch' has no attribute 'helpers'

I'm using Python 3.5.1 and I have no problem reading data from my es cluster (without the use of helpers of course)

Hatch

You need to do import elasticsearch.helpers as that's the way it's setup – Combings

I'm so stupid... thx mate :) – Hatch

@JonClements how about adding this as an answer? It just helped me and I miss my upvote! – Disorganize

Answer 1

As @Jon Clements♦ correctly said,

import elasticsearch.helpers

Is the correct way to import (therefore also the following works)

from elasticsearch.helpers import scan

Enjoy

Mastoid