"node"

    node => 'localhost';                    # equiv of 'http://localhost:80'
    node => 'localhost:9200';               # equiv of 'http://localhost:9200'
    node => 'http://localhost:9200';

    node => 'https://localhost';            # equiv of 'https://localhost:443'
    node => 'localhost/path';               # equiv of 'http://localhost:80/path'


    node => 'http://user:pass@localhost';   # equiv of 'http://localhost:80'
                                            # with userinfo => 'user:pass'

Alternatively, a "node" can be specified as a hash:

    {
        scheme      => 'http',
        host        => 'search.domain.com',
        port        => '9200',
        path        => '/path',
        userinfo    => 'user:pass'
    }

Similarly, default values can be specified with "port", "path_prefix", "userinfo" and "use_https":

    $e = Search::Elasticsearch->new(
        port        => 9201,
        path_prefix => '/path',
        userinfo    => 'user:pass',
        use_https   => 1,
        nodes       => [ 'search1', 'search2' ]
    )

"ssl_options"

The values accepted by "ssl_options" depend on the "Cxn" class. See the documentation for the "Cxn" class that you are using.

"max_content_length"

If you're using the Search::Elasticsearch::CxnPool::Sniff module, then the "max_content_length" will be automatically retrieved from the live cluster, unless you specify a custom "max_content_length":

    # max_content_length retrieved from cluster
    $e = Search::Elasticsearch->new(
        cxn_pool => 'Sniff'
    );

    # max_content_length fixed at 10,000 bytes
    $e = Search::Elasticsearch->new(
        cxn_pool           => 'Sniff',
        max_content_length => 10_000
    );

"gzip"

    $e = Search::Elasticsearch->new(
        gzip => 1
    );

"deflate"

    $e = Search::Elasticsearch->new(
        deflate => 1
    );

IMPORTANT: The "request_timeout", "ping_timeout", "sniff_timeout", and "sniff_request_timeout" parameters default to values that allow this module to function with low powered hardware and slow networks. When you use Elasticsearch in production, you will probably want to reduce these timeout parameters to values that suit your environment.

The configuration parameters are as follows:

"request_timeout"

    $e = Search::Elasticsearch->new(
        request_timeout => 30
    );

How long a normal request (ie not a ping or sniff request) should wait before throwing a "Timeout" error. Defaults to 30 seconds.

Note: In production, no CRUD or search request should take 30 seconds to run, although admin tasks like "upgrade()", "optimize()", or snapshot "create()" may take much longer. A more reasonable value for production would be 10 seconds or lower.

"ping_timeout"

    $e = Search::Elasticsearch->new(
        ping_timeout => 2
    );

How long a ping request should wait before throwing a "Timeout" error. Defaults to 2 seconds. The Search::Elasticsearch::CxnPool::Static module pings nodes on first use, after any failure, and periodically to ensure that nodes are healthy. The "ping_timeout" should be long enough to allow nodes respond in time, but not so long that sick nodes cause delays. A reasonable value for use in production on reasonable hardware would be 0.3-1 seconds.

"dead_timeout"

    $e = Search::Elasticsearch->new(
        dead_timeout => 60
    );

How long a Cxn should be considered to be dead (not used to serve requests), before it is retried. The default is 60 seconds. This value is increased by powers of 2 for each time a request fails. In other words, the delay after each failure is as follows:

    Failure     Delay
    1           60 * 1  = 60 seconds
    2           60 * 2  = 120 seconds
    3           60 * 4  = 240 seconds
    4           60 * 8  = 480 seconds
    5           60 * 16 = 960 seconds

"max_dead_timeout"

    $e = Search::Elasticsearch->new(
        max_dead_timeout => 3600
    );

The maximum delay that should be applied to a failed node. If the "dead_timeout" calculation results in a delay greater than "max_dead_timeout" (default "3,600" seconds) then the "max_dead_timeout" is used instead. In other words, dead nodes will be retried at least once every hour by default.

"sniff_request_timeout"

    $e = Search::Elasticsearch->new(
        sniff_request_timeout => 2
    );

How long a sniff request should wait before throwing a "Timeout" error. Defaults to 2 seconds. A reasonable value for production would be 0.5-2 seconds.

"sniff_timeout"

    $e = Search::Elasticsearch->new(
        sniff_timeout => 1
    );

How long the node being sniffed should wait for responses from other nodes before responding to the client. Defaults to 1 second. A reasonable value in production would be 0.3-1 seconds.

Note: The "sniff_timeout" is distinct from the "sniff_request_timeout". For example, let's say you have a cluster with 5 nodes, 2 of which are unhealthy (taking a long time to respond):

• If you sniff an unhealthy node, the request will throw a "Timeout" error after "sniff_request_timeout" seconds.
• If you sniff a healthy node, it will gather responses from the other nodes, and give up after "sniff_timeout" seconds, returning just the information it has managed to gather from the healthy nodes.

NOTE: The "sniff_request_timeout" must be longer than the "sniff_timeout" to ensure that you get information about healthy nodes from the cluster.

"handle_args"

"default_qs_params"

    $e = Search::Elasticsearch->new(
        default_qs_params => {
            session_key => 'my_session_key'
        }
    );

Any values passed to "default_qs_params" will be added to the query string of every request. Also see "default_headers()" in Search::Elasticsearch::Role::Cxn::HTTP.

"scheme()"

    $scheme = $cxn->scheme;

Returns the scheme of the connection, ie "http" or "https".

"is_https()"

    $bool = $cxn->is_https;

Returns "true" or "false" depending on whether the "/scheme()" is "https" or not.

"userinfo()"

    $userinfo = $cxn->userinfo

Returns the username and password of the cxn, if any, eg "user:pass". If "userinfo" is provided, then a Basic Authorization header is added to each request.

"default_headers()"

    $headers = $cxn->default_headers

The default headers that are passed with each request. This includes the "Accept-Encoding" header if "/deflate" is true, and the "Authorization" header if "/userinfo" has a value. Also see "default_qs_params" in Search::Elasticsearch::Role::Cxn.

"max_content_length()"

    $int = $cxn->max_content_length;

Returns the maximum length in bytes that the HTTP body can have.

"build_uri()"

    $uri = $cxn->build_uri({ path => '/_search', qs => { size => 10 }});

Returns the HTTP URI to use for a particular request, combining the passed in "path" parameter with any defined "path_prefix", and adding the query-string parameters.

"host()"

    $host = $cxn->host;

The value of the "host" parameter, eg "search.domain.com".

"port()"

    $port = $cxn->port;

The value of the "port" parameter, eg 9200.

"uri()"

    $uri = $cxn->uri;

A URI object representing the node, eg "https://search.domain.com:9200/path".

"is_dead()"

    $bool = $cxn->is_dead

Is the current node marked as dead.

"is_live()"

    $bool = $cxn->is_live

Is the current node marked as live.

"next_ping()"

    $time = $cxn->next_ping($time)

Get/set the time for the next scheduled ping. If zero, no ping is scheduled and the cxn is considered to be alive. If -1, a ping is scheduled before the next use.

"ping_failures()"

    $num = $cxn->ping_failures($num)

The number of times that a cxn has been marked as dead.

"mark_dead()"

    $cxn->mark_dead

Mark the cxn as dead, set "next_ping()" and increment "ping_failures()".

"mark_live()"

"force_ping()"

"pings_ok()"

    $bool = $cxn->pings_ok

Try to ping the node and call "mark_live()" or "mark_dead()" depending on the success or failure of the ping.

"sniff()"

    $response = $cxn->sniff;

Send a sniff request to the node and return the response.

"process_response()"

    ($code,$result) = $cxn->process_response($params, $code, $msg, $body );

Processes the response received from an Elasticsearch node and either returns the HTTP status code and the response body (deserialized from JSON) or throws an error of the appropriate type.

The $params are the original params passed to "perform_request()" in Search::Elasticsearch::Transport, the $code is the HTTP status code, the $msg is the error message returned by the backend library and the $body is the HTTP response body returned by Elasticsearch.