[[installation]]
== Installation

**https://www.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch[Download the latest version of Elasticsearch]**
or
**https://cloud.elastic.co/registration?elektra=en-ess-sign-up-page[sign-up]**
**for a free trial of Elastic Cloud**.

The Python client for {es} can be installed with pip:

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$ python -m pip install elasticsearch
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If your application uses async/await in Python you can install with the `async` 
extra:

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$ python -m pip install elasticsearch[async]
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Read more about 
https://elasticsearch-py.readthedocs.io/en/master/async.html[how to use asyncio with this project].
