Dynamic Index with SpringData ElasticSearch

Question

How can I parameterize a SpringData ElasticSearch index at runtime?

For example, the data model:

@Document(indexName = "myIndex")
public class Asset {

    @Id
    public String id;

    // ...
}

and the repository:

public interface AssetRepository extends ElasticsearchCrudRepository<Asset, String> {

    Asset getAssetById(String assetId);
}

I know I can replace myIndex with a parameter, but that parameter will be resolved during instantiation / boot. We have the same Asset structure for multiple clients / tenants, which have their own index. What I need is something like this:

public interface AssetRepository extends ElasticsearchCrudRepository<Asset, String> {

    Asset getAssetByIdFromIndex(String assetId, String index);
}

or this

repoInstance.forIndex("myOtherIndex").getAssetById("123");

I know this does not work out of the box, but is there any way to programmatically 'hack' it?

[This answer](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/33894618/creating-indices-name-dynamically-in-elasticsearch-using-spring-data-elasticsear?s=1|2.2393) or [this other one](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24333327/rolling-index-dynamic-index-name-in-spring-data-elasticsearch?s=2|2.0926) should help. — Val, Feb 24 '16 at 06:54
I believe neither do (found and studied both before). Those are about not hard coding the index name, but I need to be able to call to many different indexes. I only know the index name via a client parameter (not at compile or boot time) — Daniel, Feb 24 '16 at 07:30

Tony · Answer 1 · 2017-07-03T00:44:36.553

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Even though the bean is init at boot time, you can still achieve it by spring expression language:

@Bean
Name name() {
    return new Name();
}

@Document(indexName="#{name.name()}")
public class Asset{}

You can change the bean's property to change the index you want to save/search:

    assetRepo.save(new Asset(...));
    name.setName("newName");
    assetRepo.save(new Asset(...));

What should be noticed is not to share this bean in multiple thread, which may mess up your index.

Here is a working example.

edited Jul 03 '17 at 00:44

answered Jun 30 '17 at 06:27

Tony

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receiving Page not found on the above link. – Nimble Fungus Jul 29 '21 at 11:31
This solution is not thread safe. – Bilal Demir Apr 05 '22 at 22:30

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 24 '16 at 07:48

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org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.ElasticSearchRepository has a method

FacetedPage<T> search(SearchQuery searchQuery);

where SearchQuery can take multiple indices to be used for searching.

I hope it answers

answered Feb 24 '16 at 07:48

Rahul

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