Index a json file into elasticsearch pip install elasticsearch

process.py

import json
import sys

import elasticsearch

def send_to_es(payload, _id, list_name):
    es = elasticsearch.Elasticsearch()
    es.index(index=list_name, doc_type='item', id=_id, body=payload)


def process_file(file, list_name):
    with open(file) as data_file:
        data = json.load(data_file)

    _id = 1
    for med in data[list_name]:
        send_to_es(med, _id)
        _id += 1


if __name__ == '__main__':
    """

    Usage:
    python process.py file.json name_of_list_to_process

    """
    process_file(sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2])