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es2csv

A CLI tool for exporting data from Elasticsearch into a CSV file

Command line utility, written in Python, for querying Elasticsearch in Lucene query syntax or Query DSL syntax and exporting result as documents into a CSV file. This tool can query bulk docs in multiple indices and get only selected fields, this reduces query execution time.

Quick Look Demo

https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/7491121/12016825/59eb5f82-ad58-11e5-81eb-871a49e39c37.gif

Requirements

This tool should be used with Elasticsearch 5.x version, for older version please check 2.x release.
You also need Python 2.7.x and pip.

Installation

From source:

$ pip install git+https://github.com/taraslayshchuk/es2csv.git

From pip:

$ pip install es2csv

Usage

$ es2csv [-h] -q QUERY [-u URL] [-a AUTH] [-i INDEX [INDEX ...]]
         [-D DOC_TYPE [DOC_TYPE ...]] [-t TAGS [TAGS ...]] -o FILE
         [-f FIELDS [FIELDS ...]] [-S FIELDS [FIELDS ...]] [-d DELIMITER]
         [-m INTEGER] [-s INTEGER] [-k] [-r] [-e] [--verify-certs]
         [--ca-certs CA_CERTS] [--client-cert CLIENT_CERT]
         [--client-key CLIENT_KEY] [-v] [--debug]

Arguments:
 -q, --query QUERY                        Query string in Lucene syntax.               [required]
 -o, --output-file FILE                   CSV file location.                           [required]
 -u, --url URL                            Elasticsearch host URL. Default is http://localhost:9200.
 -a, --auth                               Elasticsearch basic authentication in the form of username:password.
 -i, --index-prefixes INDEX [INDEX ...]   Index name prefix(es). Default is ['logstash-*'].
 -D, --doc-types DOC_TYPE [DOC_TYPE ...]  Document type(s).
 -t, --tags TAGS [TAGS ...]               Query tags.
 -f, --fields FIELDS [FIELDS ...]         List of selected fields in output. Default is ['_all'].
 -S, --sort FIELDS [FIELDS ...]           List of <field>:<direction> pairs to sort on. Default is [].
 -d, --delimiter DELIMITER                Delimiter to use in CSV file. Default is ",".
 -m, --max INTEGER                        Maximum number of results to return. Default is 0.
 -s, --scroll-size INTEGER                Scroll size for each batch of results. Default is 100.
 -k, --kibana-nested                      Format nested fields in Kibana style.
 -r, --raw-query                          Switch query format in the Query DSL.
 -e, --meta-fields                        Add meta-fields in output.
 --verify-certs                           Verify SSL certificates. Default is False.
 --ca-certs CA_CERTS                      Location of CA bundle.
 --client-cert CLIENT_CERT                Location of Client Auth cert.
 --client-key CLIENT_KEY                  Location of Client Cert Key.
 -v, --version                            Show version and exit.
 --debug                                  Debug mode on.
 -h, --help                               show this help message and exit

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