How to Fetch Large Logs from Elastic API Using the search_after Method

Written by dmitriikhalezhin | Published 2025/07/10
Tech Story Tags: elasticsearch | devops | elastic-cloud | elastic-api | elastic-cloud-log-extraction | fetch-logs-search_after | elasticsearch-python-script | kibana-alternatives

TLDREfficiently extract massive log datasets from Elastic Cloud by using the Elasticsearch API with search_after and Point-in-Time (PIT) queries, overcoming Kibana's limitations and handling hundreds of millions of records with a Python script.via the TL;DR App
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Written by dmitriikhalezhin | I may not be a superhero but I'm a DevOps engineer so close enough.
Published by HackerNoon on 2025/07/10
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