---
id: elastic-transport
version: "9.4.2"
license: unclear
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# elastic-transport — Transport classes and utilities shared among Python Elastic client libraries

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Popularity: top 1,000 on PyPI

## Install

pip install elastic-transport
uv add elastic-transport
poetry add elastic-transport

## Description

# elastic-transport-python

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Transport classes and utilities shared among Python Elastic client libraries

This library was lifted from [`elasticsearch-py`](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-py)
and then transformed to be used across all Elastic services
rather than only Elasticsearch.

### Installing from PyPI

```
$ python -m pip install elastic-transport
```

Versioning follows the major and minor version of the Elastic Stack version and
the patch number is incremented for bug fixes within a minor release.

## Documentation

Documentation including an API reference is available on [Read the Docs](https://elastic-transport-python.readthedocs.io).

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## AI interpretation — verify before relying

Provides shared transport classes and utilities for Python Elastic client libraries, handling HTTP communication with Elastic services.

Verdict: A stable, actively maintained transport layer for Elastic clients with permissive licensing, low install friction, and no known vulnerabilities. Suitable for production use as a dependency of Elastic Python libraries.

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