Elasticsearch python client: Getting the ES version through API call

Question

I want to get the current Elasticsearch version through the python API. I could easily get it through a http call like

import requests
requests.get(http://endpoint:9200)

But I am wondering is there any way to get the version through the API call instead of http request to the endpoint. Like

from elasticsearch import Elasticsearch
es = Elasticsearch()

I went through the Elasticsearch python client documentation, but couldn't find the call that would fetch the current ES version (https://elasticsearch-py.readthedocs.org/en/master/api.html)

Answer 1

You can achieve this using the info command:

Example:

from elasticsearch import Elasticsearch
es = Elasticsearch()
es.info()