idea-elasticsearch-support

A plugin to connect to the ElasticSearch instance and perform a set of basic operations.

Installation:

1. Install JDK 1.8 or more.
2. Download or clone the sources.
3. Install Gradle and execute "gradle wrapper" command in a root project folder console.
4. Execute the "gradlew clean build" command in a root project folder console.
5. In the IDE window go to File -> Settings -> Plugins -> Install plugin from disk.
6. Select a ZIP file from the "/build/distributions" folder.
7. Press OK and restart the IDE.

Usage:

1. In the IDE go to the Elasticsearch -> Connect to Elasticsearch
2. Enter a host name;
3. Enter a port;
4. Optionally enter a scheme (protocol); if empty, "http" will be used by default to connect;
5. In case of success, after information messages about a successful connection establishment, the "elasticsearch-query.json" scratch file for requests will be opened.
6. Enter a query into the opened scratch file.
7. Select a part of the query to evaluate and go to Elasticsearch -> Evaluate selected text on path.
8. Enter a path to evaluate a query on.
9. Optionally enter an HTTP method to use (POST will be used by default).
10. Press OK to execute the request.