Perform Indexing Using Elasticsearch and Contentstack Webhooks

About Contentstack: Contentstack is a headless CMS with an API-first approach that puts content at the centre. It is designed to simplify the process of publication by separating code from content.

Elasticsearch is a popular distributed and open source search engine. It is used for storing, searching, and analyzing huge volumes of data. It provides search results faster than other search engines because instead of searching for text, it searches an index.

In this example, we demonstrate the use of Elasticsearch with Contentstack by sending Contentstack Entries to Elasticsearch for indexing. This index is created when the entry is published and gets deleted when it is deleted.

Execution steps

Your Elasticsearch node's URL can be provided via a .env file or the ELASTIC_URL environment variable. It defaults to http://localhost:9200.

Step 1

$ npm install
$ npm start

Step 2

In a new terminal:

$ ngrok http 3000

Step 3

• Import webhook.json into Contentstack, and change the URL to notify to your ngrok address. Keeping the /api/auto segment in the URL.
• Example: https://add-ngrok-url-here/api/auto

Testing

Contentstack Index: http://localhost:9200/contentstack/_search

Documentation

Read Contentstack docs

Read Guide Perform Indexing Using Elasticsearch and Contentstack Webhooks