escli - Interact with Elasticsearch from the shell

Usage: escli ([--deployment DEPLOYMENT-ID] | [--cloud-region REGION]
             [--cluster-id CLUSTER] | [--server ADDR] ([--username USERNAME]
             [--password PASSWORD] | [--apikey ENVVAR])) [--hide-timing]
             [--hide-headings] [--hide-status] [--hide-curl-equivalent]
             [--show-curl-password] [--hide-deprecation-warnings] [--save]
             ([--no-max-response-lines] | [--max-response-lines LINES])
             [--log-file FILE] ([--certificate-store FILE] |
             [--insecurely-bypass-certificate-verification])
  Interact with Elasticsearch from the shell

Available options:
  --deployment DEPLOYMENT-ID
                           Cloud deployment ID
  --cloud-region REGION    Cloud region name
  --cluster-id CLUSTER     Cloud cluster ID
  --server ADDR            Base HTTP URI of the Elasticsearch server
  --username USERNAME      Elasticsearch username, for security-enabled clusters
  --password PASSWORD      Elasticsearch password, for security-enabled clusters
  --apikey ENVVAR          Environment variable holding API key
  --hide-timing            Hide timing information
  --hide-headings          Hide request/response headings
  --hide-status            Hide HTTP status code
  --hide-curl-equivalent   Hide `curl`-equivalent command
  --show-curl-password     Show password in `curl`-equivalent command
  --hide-deprecation-warnings
                           Hide deprecation warnings
  --save                   Save connection config to 'escli_config.json' for
                           future invocations
  --no-max-response-lines  Show an unlimited number of lines of response
  --max-response-lines LINES
                           Maximum number of lines of response to
                           show (default: 40)
  --log-file FILE          File in which to record output
  --certificate-store FILE Location of certificate store
  --insecurely-bypass-certificate-verification
                           Do not perform certificate verification
  -h,--help                Show this help text

Usage example:

$ cat commands.txt 
GET /

# Comments are allowed
PUT /i
{"settings":{"number_of_replicas":1,"number_of_shards":1
, "refresh_interval": -1
}}
# (so is whitespace in your JSON)

# text/plain output is also supported
GET /_cat/shards

# (even in bulk requests)
POST /i/_doc/_bulk
{"index":{}}
{}
{"index":{}}
{"content":{
  "foo":"bar"
}}
$ escli < commands.txt 
# Server URI: http://localhost:9200

# ========================================
# Request: 
GET /
# at 2018-04-16T16:38:53.894Z
# curl http://localhost:9200/

# ----------------------------------------
# Response: 
# 200 OK
# {
#   "cluster_name": "elasticsearch",
#   "tagline": "You Know, for Search",
#   "name": "k_F7Bns",
#   "version": {
#     "build_snapshot": false,
#     "build_hash": "10b1edd",
#     "minimum_index_compatibility_version": "5.0.0",
#     "minimum_wire_compatibility_version": "5.6.0",
#     "build_date": "2018-02-16T19:01:30.685723Z",
#     "number": "6.2.2",
#     "lucene_version": "7.2.1"
#   },
#   "cluster_uuid": "09rWMOyiQRqDD3MS5BZalw"
# }
# at 2018-04-16T16:38:53.916Z
# (0.022017s elapsed)

# ========================================
# Request: 
PUT /i
{
  "settings": {
    "number_of_shards": 1,
    "number_of_replicas": 1,
    "refresh_interval": -1
  }
}
# at 2018-04-16T16:38:53.919Z
# curl -XPUT http://localhost:9200/i -H 'Content-type: application/json' --data-binary $'{"settings":{"number_of_shards":1,"number_of_replicas":1,"refresh_interval":-1}}'

# ----------------------------------------
# Response: 
# 200 OK
# {
#   "shards_acknowledged": true,
#   "acknowledged": true,
#   "index": "i"
# }
# at 2018-04-16T16:38:54.052Z
# (0.133428s elapsed)

# ========================================
# Request: 
GET /_cat/shards
# at 2018-04-16T16:38:54.053Z
# curl http://localhost:9200/_cat/shards

# ----------------------------------------
# Response: 
# 200 OK
# i 0 p STARTED    0 230b 127.0.0.1 k_F7Bns
# i 0 r UNASSIGNED                  
# 
# at 2018-04-16T16:38:54.095Z
# (0.042391s elapsed)

# ========================================
# Request: 
POST /i/_doc/_bulk
{"index":{}}
{}
{"index":{}}
{"content":{"foo":"bar"}}
# at 2018-04-16T16:38:54.095Z
# curl http://localhost:9200/i/_doc/_bulk -H 'Content-type: application/x-ndjson' --data-binary $'{"index":{}}\n{}\n{"index":{}}\n{"content":{"foo":"bar"}}\n'

# ----------------------------------------
# Response: 
# 200 OK
# {
#   "took": 204,
#   "items": [
#     {
#       "index": {
#         "status": 201,
#         "_type": "_doc",
#         "_primary_term": 1,
#         "_id": "i75Sz2IBH3lRQ0iQ0Z6b",
#         "_shards": {
#           "successful": 1,
#           "total": 2,
#           "failed": 0
#         },
#         "_index": "i",
#         "result": "created",
#         "_version": 1,
#         "_seq_no": 0
#       }
#     },
#     {
#       "index": {
#         "status": 201,
#         "_type": "_doc",
#         "_primary_term": 1,
#         "_id": "jL5Sz2IBH3lRQ0iQ0Z6c",
#         "_shards": {
#           "successful": 1,
#           "total": 2,
#           "failed": 0
#         },
#         "_index": "i",
#         "result": "created",
#         "_version": 1,
#         "_seq_no": 1
#       }
#     }
#   ],
#   "errors": false
# }
# at 2018-04-16T16:38:54.308Z
# (0.212651s elapsed)