A Python library is written on Cython for creating Elasticsearch indexes by date range.
For time oriented data, such as logs, a common strategy is to partition data
into indexes that hold data for a certain time range. For example, the index
logstash-2018.01.01
holds data for events that happened on 2018-01-01
, i.e.
a time range of a day. You can of course choose bigger or smaller time ranges
as well(year
, month
or day
frequencies), depending on your needs. Using
index templates, you can easily manage settings and mappings for any index
created with a name starting with e.g. logstash-*
.
Install the elasticsearch partition package with pip:
pip install elasticsearch-partition
How to import and use partition module with since
and until
dates:
import datetime
from elasticsearch_partition import partition
partition('logs-*', datetime.date(2016, 11, 29), datetime.date(2018, 2, 4))
# ['logs-2016-11-29', 'logs-2016-11-30', 'logs-2016-12-*', 'logs-2017-*',
# 'logs-2018-01-*', 'logs-2018-02-01', 'logs-2018-02-02', 'logs-2018-02-03',
# 'logs-2018-02-04']
When you are using partition
only with since
date, until
will be replaced
on a current date.
partition('logs-*', since=datetime.date(2018, 7, 10))
# ['logs-2018-07-10', 'logs-2018-07-11', 'logs-2018-07-12', 'logs-2018-07-13',
# 'logs-2018-07-14', 'logs-2018-07-15', 'logs-2018-07-16', 'logs-2018-07-17']
Or when you are using partition
only with until
all dates from until
to
current date will be excluded.
partition('logs-*', until=datetime.date(2018, 7, 10))
# ['-logs-2018-07-10', '-logs-2018-07-11', '-logs-2018-07-12',
# '-logs-2018-07-13', '-logs-2018-07-14', '-logs-2018-07-15',
# '-logs-2018-07-16', '-logs-2018-07-17', 'logs-*']
Note: If
until
more then current date you will get an error.
If you want to change some partition
bahavior you can do it ease with
RangePartition
and formatters
module, also you can use your custom date
now
functions.
from elasticsearch_partition import RangePartition
from elasticsearch_partition.partitioning import MONTH
from elasticsearch_partition.formatters import LittleEndianDateFormatter
# frequency - Index partitioning frequency
# formatter - Formatter instance
# escape - Special character which will be replaced on a date
# now_func - Get now date function
my_partition = RangePartition(
frequency=MONTH,
formatter=LittleEndianDateFormatter(sep='.'),
escape='@',
now_func=custom_date_now,
)
my_partition('logs-@', datetime.date(2016, 11, 29), datetime.date(2018, 2, 4))
# ['logs-11.2016', 'logs-12.2016', 'logs-*.2017', 'logs-01.2018', 'logs-02.2018']
All date formatters must be inherited from abstract DateFormatter
class and
implement fmt_year
, fmt_month
and fmt_day
methods. Some method accept
additional keyword parameter wildcard
which used for creating formatted date
with specified wildcard character. For example 2018-04
will be replced on
2018-04-*
, 2018
on 2018-*
etc.
class MyDateFormatter(DateFormatter):
def fmt_year(self, year, wildcard):
# Should be implemented
def fmt_month(self, year, month, wildcard):
# Should be implemented
def fmt_day(self, year, month, day):
# Should be implemented
partition = RangePartition(formatter=MyDateFormatter())
How to use with elasticsearch-py
This is useful for all Elasticsearch APIs that refer to an index parameter support execution across multiple indices.
from elasticsearch import Elasticsearch
es = Elasticsearch()
indexes = partition(
'logs-*',
datetime.date(2016, 11, 29),
datetime.date(2018, 2, 4)
)
res = es.search(index=indexes, body={"query": {"match_all": {}}})
How to use with elasticsearch-dsl-py
This is useful for all Elasticsearch APIs that refer to an index parameter support execution across multiple indices and similar for simple Search and Persistance DSL.
from elasticsearch import Elasticsearch
from elasticsearch_dsl import Search
client = Elasticsearch()
indexes = partition(
'logs-*',
datetime.date(2016, 11, 29),
datetime.date(2018, 2, 4)
)
search = Search(using=client, index=indexes) \
.filter("term", category="search") \
.query("match", title="python") \
.exclude("match", description="beta")
response = search.execute()
A full changelog is maintained in the CAHNGELOG file.
elasticsearch-partition is an open source project and contributions are welcome! Check out the Issues page to see if your idea for a contribution has already been mentioned, and feel free to raise an issue or submit a pull request.