## Documentation

The official Python client provides one-to-one mapping with Elasticsearch REST APIs.

### Get to know the Python client

#### Connecting

- Client overview
- Installing the client
- Connecting to Elasticsearch
- Configuring the client

#### Using the Python client

- Indexing documents
- Getting documents
- Searching for a document
- Deleting documents
- Updating documents

#### Developer docs

- Integrations
- Client helpers
- Release notes

ℹ️ The elasticsearch-labs repo contains many interactive Python notebooks for testing out Elasticsearch using the Python client. These examples are mainly focused on vector search, hybrid search and generative AI use cases.

### Explore by use case

#### Search my data

Create search experiences for your content, wherever it lives.

#### Observe my data

Follow our guides to monitor logs, metrics, and traces.

#### Protect my environment

Learn how to defend against threats across your environment.

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